HTML to TXT reads the HTML source as a document and serializes visible document structure into plain text without applying browser layout.
From real runs
| Element | Result | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Document title | Kept | The HTML title appeared as the first plain text line before the body paragraph. |
| Paragraph text | Changed | Strong and emphasis tags were flattened, but their words stayed in the paragraph. |
| Entities | Changed | The entity was decoded into spacing in the output rather than preserved as HTML syntax. |
| Nested lists | Changed | The unordered list and nested ordered list became indented plain text list markers. |
| HTML tables | Changed | The two-column table became an aligned plain text table with header and separator rows. |
| CSS-hidden text | Kept | Text inside class hidden appeared in the TXT because our document engine read source HTML and did not evaluate CSS display rules. |
| Scripts | Lost | The script element and document.write payload were not included in the plain text output. |
| CSS rules | Lost | The style block was removed completely, so class names and visual display decisions did not carry into TXT. |
The HTML title appeared as the first plain text line before the body paragraph.
Strong and emphasis tags were flattened, but their words stayed in the paragraph.
The entity was decoded into spacing in the output rather than preserved as HTML syntax.
The unordered list and nested ordered list became indented plain text list markers.
The two-column table became an aligned plain text table with header and separator rows.
Text inside class hidden appeared in the TXT because our document engine read source HTML and did not evaluate CSS display rules.
The script element and document.write payload were not included in the plain text output.
The style block was removed completely, so class names and visual display decisions did not carry into TXT.
We converted our HTML sample (490 B) with Document engine on 2026-09-11. It took 15 ms and produced a 222 B Plain text file, 55% smaller than the input. The engine raised no warnings.
Input · sample.html · 490 B
Standalone document with 1 heading, 1 paragraph, 1 table, 0 links, 0 images
Output · sample.txt · 222 B
8 non-empty lines, 32 words
First lines of the output
Feedback Atlas — Q3 activity trail
Prepared for: Board of Directors
Metric Q2 Q3
-------- ------- -------
ARR $4.1M $4.9M
NRR 108% 113%
- Enterprise pipeline doubled.
- CSAT held at 94%.pandoc
pandoc page.html -f html -t plain -o page.txtPandoc reads source structure, not a browser-rendered DOM, so CSS-hidden text can appear in the plain text result.
The HTTP API and the MCP server run the exact engine this page uses (Document engine); the response carries the same warnings the web converter shows. Check support first with GET /api/v1/pairs?from=html&to=txt.
curl -X POST https://filetypeconverters.com/api/v1/convert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FTC_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@input.html" -F "from=html" -F "to=txt" \
--output output.txt/convert/html-to-md instead of plain text.No. The tested class hidden paragraph appeared in the TXT because our document engine parsed the source document rather than running a browser layout engine.
No. The script element and its document.write text were absent from the output, so this is not a JavaScript-rendered page capture.
Our document engine writes a readable aligned text table. It is suitable for review, but it is not structured data after conversion.
No. Character entities are decoded into text characters or spacing as part of the plain text serialization.