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Convert MHT to TXT

Verified by Adam B.· reviewed by FE Editorial ·updated Sep 10, 2026
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Is it possible to convert MHT to TXT?
Yes - MHT converts to TXT.

Microsoft Word can open .mht files directly and export them as Plain Text (.txt) via File > Save As - choose UTF-8 encoding for broadest compatibility. Alternatively, open the .mht in Edge or Chrome, press Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C, and paste into Notepad. All images and formatting are discarded in either method.

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Last verified Nov 2026

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Why convert MHT to TXT?

Converting .mht to .txt strips all HTML markup, images, and CSS to leave only the readable words - useful for feeding page content into search tools, text processors, or other pipelines that cannot handle HTML or MHTML.

How to convert MHT to TXT

Microsoft Word EASIEST

Open the .mht in Word via File > Open, then use File > Save As and choose 'Plain Text (*.txt)'. Select UTF-8 encoding when Word prompts for the character set.

About these formats

.MHT MIME HTML Web Archive (MHTML)

An MHT (MHTML) file is a complete web page - the HTML, images, CSS, and scripts - bundled into one file using the same MIME packaging email uses. Open it by dragging it into Microsoft Edge…

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.TXT Plain Text File

A TXT file is plain, unformatted text - the simplest document format on any computer. Double-click it: Windows opens it in Notepad, macOS in TextEdit, Linux in gedit. Nothing to install. If…

Open .TXT details →

Quality & what to watch

  • All images, CSS formatting, hyperlinks, and layout are discarded; .txt contains only visible text characters.
  • Browser copy-paste captures only what is rendered on-screen; content hidden by CSS (display:none) will not appear in the output.
  • An .mht file is internally text-based and can be opened in Notepad, but binary resources (images, fonts) are Base64-encoded and appear as garbled characters if you read the raw file directly.

Frequently asked questions

Will all content on the page be captured?
It captures what the browser renders; content hidden by CSS or generated dynamically by JavaScript may be missing.
What encoding should I choose when Word asks during text export?
Choose UTF-8 for the broadest compatibility with other applications and editors.
Can I automate extraction from many `.mht` files?
Yes - Python's built-in email module can parse MHTML without third-party packages; the html2text library converts the extracted HTML part to readable plain text.
Is there a way to keep hyperlinks in the plain text output?
No - .txt has no hyperlink support; link URLs are lost unless the browser renders them as visible text on the page.