DOCX to Text Converter - Extract Plain Text from Word

Extract plain text from Microsoft Word DOCX files with fast processing. Runs locally, no internet needed. Get text content with counts.

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All formatting, images, and styles will be removed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Text extraction reads the content from a Microsoft Word DOCX file and outputs only the plain text, removing all formatting, styles, images, and metadata. This is useful for content analysis, text processing, or when you need raw text without Word formatting.

Extract text when you need: raw content for text analysis, word counting for publications, plain text for database import, content for search indexing, or when converting Word documents to formats that don't support rich formatting.

DOCX files are ZIP archives containing XML files. The tool extracts word/document.xml, parses the XML structure, and retrieves text fromelements while preserving paragraph breaks fromelements. All formatting and images are stripped.

No. This tool extracts only plain text content. Bold, italic, colors, fonts, styles, tables, and images are removed. Paragraph breaks are preserved as newlines for readability. For formatted output, use a DOCX to PDF or DOCX to HTML converter instead.

No. All processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript and JSZip. The DOCX file is read locally and never transmitted anywhere. Your documents remain completely private on your device.

Tables are extracted as plain text with spaces between cells, losing table structure. Headers and footers in word/header.xml and word/footer.xml are currently not extracted. Only the main document body content is included.

Yes. After extraction, you can download the plain text as a .txt file. The filename automatically matches your original DOCX name. You can also copy the text to clipboard for pasting elsewhere.

Only modern DOCX format (Word 2007 and later) is supported. Older DOC files (Word 97-2003) use a different binary format and won't work. First convert DOC to DOCX in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice if needed.

Very accurate for body text. The tool counts words by splitting on whitespace after extracting all text content. This matches Word's word count for main document text, excluding headers, footers, text boxes, and comments.

Ensure your file is a valid DOCX (not DOC or corrupted). If text appears incomplete, the DOCX may use non-standard XML structures or text boxes. For complex documents, try simplifying in Word first or use Word's built-in Save As Text feature.

DOCX to Text Converter - Extract Plain Text from Word

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