Ebooks conversion
Convert EPUB to TXT
Updated Jul 2026
EPUB is the format most e-readers and reading apps use, and TXT is plain, unformatted text that opens in any text editor. To convert EPUB to TXT, open the file in a converter and export it as TXT. Doing it on your own computer means the book's contents never have to be uploaded anywhere first.
- Extension
- .epub
- Type
- Ebooks
- Typically
- Most e-readers
- Extension
- .txt
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Plain text files
Convert EPUB to TXT on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert EPUB to TXT
- Open Morphjet and drag in the EPUB file, or a whole folder of them, to convert several books at once.
- Choose TXT as the output format.
- Convert. The plain text file is written next to your original, and nothing leaves your machine.
EPUB vs TXT: what actually changes
| EPUB | TXT | |
|---|---|---|
| Opens everywhere | Needs an e-reader or reading app | Yes, any text editor or plain text viewer |
| File size | Larger, includes formatting and images | Much smaller, text only |
| Formatting and images | Yes, chapters, styling, embedded pictures | No, stripped down to plain lines of text |
| Table of contents | Yes, built in and clickable | No, just the words in order |
| Title and author metadata | Yes, stored in the file | No, TXT has no metadata fields |
| Quality | Lossless | Lossless for the text, but formatting is gone |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert EPUB to TXT when you just need the words, for example to search the text, paste it elsewhere, feed it into another program, or read it on a device or screen reader that only handles plain text.
Keep the EPUB if you want the book to look like a book, with chapters, italics, images, and a table of contents you can navigate on an e-reader.
Why not just use an online converter?
An EPUB can be a book you paid for, borrowed, or wrote yourself, and either way it's not something you should have to hand to a server you don't control just to change its format. Converting on your own computer keeps the file, and everything in it, on your machine the whole time. You can even do it with your wifi off.
Questions
Does converting EPUB to TXT lose anything?
The text itself comes through intact, but everything else does not. Formatting like bold and italics, images, chapter breaks, and the table of contents are all stripped out, since plain text has no way to represent them.
Will the TXT file keep the book's title and author?
No. That information lives in the EPUB's metadata, and TXT files don't have a metadata field to hold it. If you need that, keep it noted separately or keep the original EPUB.
Are chapter breaks preserved?
Usually as line breaks or blank lines rather than actual chapter markers, since TXT has no concept of chapters. It's readable, just not structured the way an e-reader shows it.
Can I convert EPUB to TXT without uploading the file?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet converts the file on your own computer, so the book's contents never travel over the internet.
Why would I want a TXT version of an ebook at all?
Plain text is easy to search, paste into other tools, run through analysis or word counts, or open on devices and screen readers that don't support EPUB.
Morphjet converts EPUB, TXT, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.