WorkbenchA useful little toolbox.

RTF text viewer

Read text from a Rich Text Format document and save UTF-8 text.

Processed on your device. No file upload.
Choose a file to get started

Drop it here, or use the file picker.

How to use this tool

  1. Choose your file or try the example.
  2. Run the tool and check the result.
  3. Save the result where a download is available.

Supported features & limits

Text-only extraction from RTF 1. Supports Unicode escapes, common Windows code pages, paragraphs and tabs. Ignores formatting, headers, footers, images, embedded objects and field instructions. Does not run objects or fetch resources. Complex layout, legacy font-symbol encodings and alternative Unicode destinations may not be preserved. Maximum 10 MB input and 2 million output characters.

What happens to my files?

Your browser reads the file locally. File contents are not sent to our server. Closing or resetting this page clears the working result. Downloaded copies remain on your device.

Maintained by Roman Zmazhenko. Updated 1 November 2026.