spreadsheet → document
Convert XLSX to TXT
Convert XLSX to TXT in seconds. Free, no signup, no watermark, no file-size limit. Your file is processed in your browser and never uploaded.
At a glance
- Source
- XLSX
- Target
- TXT
- Where it runs
- Your browser
- Cost
- Free, unlimited
- Account
- Not needed
Converter
XLSX to TXT
Drop one or more excel workbook files.
or select excel workbook
Your file never leaves this browser
The details
What happens when you convert a spreadsheet to text
Microsoft Excel's modern spreadsheet. A workbook of sheets, formulas and formatting. The active sheet is flattened into a delimited text file — one line per row, one value per column, with the first line as a header. The result is a nothing but characters. the simplest file format and the most compatible, produced entirely inside your browser.
What survives
- Every value in the sheet
- The column order and the row order
What changes
- All formatting and number formatting — dates and currency come out raw
- Only the sheet you choose; the others are not included
Where it goes wrong
- A cell containing a comma has to be quoted, and badly generated CSVs sometimes are not
- The file is written in UTF-8, which older software may read as something else
Why anyone would do this
Delimited text is the one thing every import button on the internet understands.
About the format
Microsoft Excel's modern spreadsheet.
A ZIP archive of XML worksheets, a shared string table, styles and the formula definitions for each cell.
- Where it is good
- Full formulas, formatting, charts and multiple sheets
- Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and Numbers
- Data validation and conditional formatting survive
- Where it falls short
- Formulas written by third-party tools sometimes need a recalculation
- One stray cell can hold a link to a file that no longer exists
- Very large workbooks are slow to open anywhere
- You will find it on
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, Numbers
The thing people miss
A workbook with a million rows of formatting but no data can be larger than one with all the data and no formatting.
About the target
Nothing but characters.
A sequence of bytes, usually UTF-8, with a line ending convention. There is no header and no metadata.
- Any device on earth can open it
- Searchable, greppable and scriptable
- Zero conversion risk, because there is nothing to lose
Real jobs
What people are actually doing with XLSX
Sending a report that still calculates
Turning a table into a document a client can read
Moving a workbook between Excel and Google Sheets
Specification
The details, in one table
| Source format | XLSX — Excel workbook |
|---|---|
| Target format | TXT — Plain text |
| Typical source size | 20 KB – 20 MB |
| Runs | In your browser |
| Account needed | No |
| Watermark | None |
| File extension | .xlsx → .txt |
How to
XLSX to TXT, step by step
- 01
Add your excel workbook
Drag the file onto the drop zone, or tap to browse. Only one file is needed.
- 02
Choose the TXT settings
Set the TXT-specific options — everything happens locally, so the speed is your device, not a queue.
- 03
Download the result
The finished TXT downloads to your device. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is retained.
Also available
XLSX converts into
Questions
XLSX conversion questions
What actually happens to my XLSX file when I convert it to TXT?
The active sheet is flattened into a delimited text file — one line per row, one value per column, with the first line as a header. So the XLSX file is unpacked, the content is laid out, and the result is written out as TXT. Every value in the sheet survives unchanged.
Will converting XLSX to TXT reduce the quality?
For this particular conversion, not in the way you would expect. Every value in the sheet — the XLSX content is not re-encoded in a lossy way. The only thing that changes is the format it is stored in.
Is my XLSX file uploaded to a server?
No. This XLSX to TXT conversion runs as JavaScript inside your browser tab. The file is read from your device and the result is written back to your device, so there is no upload step, no file-size limit and no copy of your XLSX file on any server.
Do I need an account or will there be a watermark?
Neither. There is no sign-up step, no email capture and no watermark on the output. The only limits are the ones your own device imposes.
What is the most common mistake people make when converting XLSX to TXT?
A cell containing a comma has to be quoted, and badly generated CSVs sometimes are not
Why would somebody convert XLSX to TXT at all?
Delimited text is the one thing every import button on the internet understands. In short: sending a report that still calculates
Something most people do not know about XLSX?
A workbook with a million rows of formatting but no data can be larger than one with all the data and no formatting.