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Convert WHTML to TXT

Verified by Adam B.· reviewed by FE Editorial ·updated Jul 20, 2026
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Is it possible to convert WHTML to TXT?
Yes - WHTML converts to TXT.

Pandoc converts the page to clean plain text with pandoc page.whtml -t plain -o page.txt, which is the most reliable route. For a quick look you can also open the file in a browser and copy the visible text into a text editor. All formatting, images, and links are discarded.

Also to TXT: RTF · KKSRC · HVE

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Tested on macOS, Windows & Linux
Last verified Sep 2026

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Why convert WHTML to TXT?

Extracting .txt from .whtml is useful when you only want the readable words without tags, styling, or scripts, for indexing, quoting, or feeding into other tools.

How to convert WHTML to TXT

Pandoc OPEN-SOURCE

Run pandoc page.whtml -t plain -o page.txt to strip all markup and output readable plain text.

Any text editor (rename)

Open the file in Notepad or VS Code to see the raw HTML; you must then manually delete the tags, since this keeps the markup rather than removing it.

About these formats

.WHTML TinyMCE HTML Document

A .whtml file is an HTML document created by the TinyMCE editor inside daedalOS, a desktop environment that runs in the web browser. It holds rich-text content as plain HTML markup with…

Open .WHTML details →
.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, links, styling, and layout are lost; only the text content survives.
  • Opening the raw file in a text editor shows HTML tags, so use Pandoc or copy-paste to get clean prose.
  • Tables and lists may lose their structure or wrap awkwardly in plain text.

Frequently asked questions

Why not just rename .whtml to .txt?
Renaming keeps all the HTML tags in the file. You need Pandoc or copy-paste to actually remove the markup.
Does Pandoc keep links?
The -t plain output drops links and images; use -t markdown instead if you want to preserve link URLs.
Will emojis and special characters survive?
Yes, as long as you save the .txt as UTF-8, which Pandoc does by default.
Is there an offline way without installing anything?
Yes, open the page in your browser and copy the visible text into any text editor.