Open txt file

There are 8 other file types using
the TXT file extension!

.txt - Ascii text parameter description data

.txt - RTTTL / Nokring mobile ring-tone format

.txt - Steinberg LM-4 sound bank

.txt - EasyPlot saved data

.txt - T602 document file

.txt - Subtitles

.txt - MilkShape 3D ASCII data

.txt - Atari Jaguar binary image of program text segment

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TXT file extension - Simple text

What is txt file? How to open txt files?

File type specification:

Text file type

txt file icon:

The txt file extension is traditionally used for simple text files. Many MS-DOS, Unix, Windows applications and text editors used this file extension for common text file. Only character encoding charset may vary from simple ASCII to UTF etc. which depends on author language or operating system native charset.

Text files are also frequently used for various text logs and reports generated by programs.

MIME types:
text/plain
application/text

Updated: June 22, 2021

The default software associated to open txt file:

Microsoft Windows NotePad

Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Notepad is basic text editor distributed with Microsoft Windows operating system. It is used to view and edit simple text files as well as simple tool to create Web pages and source code editor.

Notepad has been included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985.

Sublime Text

Company or developer:
Sublime HQ Pty Ltd

Sublime Text is advanced text editor used to write source codes in various programming languages. It is a great tool for programmers and offers great feature and performance. It is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.

Atom

Atom is text editing software for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Linux operating systems that allows users to edit text files and source codes.

TextEdit

Company or developer:
Apple, Inc.

TextEdit is native plain text editor distributed as a part of Mac OS X that can open edit variety types of text files.

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Help how to open:

Every text editor or word processor can open .txt files.

How to convert:

A .txt file may simply be opened in any text editor or word processor and saved to another format.

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List of software applications associated to the .txt file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open txt file, edit txt file, convert txt file, view txt file, play txt file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting txt files.

Software that open txt file - Simple text

Programs supporting the exension txt on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open txt file action.