XML to TXT Converter
Pull readable text out of any XML file by removing all markup and decoding HTML entities. Choose between Strip tags mode for a flat run of words, or Structured text mode to preserve the indented hierarchy of your document's content. The tool works entirely in your browser and updates the output as you type.
XML
Mode
Plain Text
What is XML to Plain Text Extractor?
XML is verbose by design — every value is wrapped in opening and closing tags, attributes add more markup, and namespace declarations can double the character count. When you need the content, not the structure, stripping the markup is the fastest path. This tool extracts the text layer from XML documents: element text nodes are collected in document order, entity references (&, <,  ) are decoded to their Unicode equivalents, and CDATA section content is extracted without its delimiters. Choose from three output modes: plain text extraction (all text in document order), key-value pairs (element name: content), or a structured outline with indentation mirroring the XML hierarchy. Use it to extract readable content from XML documentation, RSS article bodies, configuration file values, or any XML dataset where you need the data without the markup.
How to Use
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Paste or Upload Your XML
Paste XML content or upload a .xml file. The tool strips all markup and extracts the text content from element text nodes and optionally from attribute values.
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Set Extraction Options
Choose "Text Nodes Only" to extract element text content, "Key-Value" to output element names alongside their text, or "Structured Outline" to preserve the hierarchy as an indented plain-text outline.
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Extract the Text
Click "Convert to Text". XML tags, declarations, comments, and processing instructions are removed. Text is extracted in document order and normalised according to the selected mode.
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Copy or Download the Text
Copy the plain text for use in full-text search indexing, email content, documentation, or text analysis — or download it as a .txt file.
Common Use Cases
Content Extraction from XML
Strip XML markup from documents, RSS feeds, or API responses to extract the raw readable text content for full-text search indexing, NLP processing, or plain-text archiving.
Email & Notification Content
Extract text values from XML notification payloads or CMS content XML to generate the plain-text version of HTML emails, ensuring compatibility with text-only email clients.
XML Config Value Extraction
Pull configuration values out of XML files (Maven pom.xml, Spring beans, web.xml) into plain text for documentation, review scripts, or migration audits without XML parsing code.
Log & Report Text Extraction
Extract the text content from XML-formatted log files, structured reports, or tagged data exports for processing with text analysis tools, grep patterns, or plain-text pipelines.
Conversion Examples
XML Document → Plain Text
All XML tags are stripped and text content is extracted with whitespace normalisation.
Input JSON
<article> <title>Introduction to JSON</title> <author>Alice Smith</author> <body>JSON is a lightweight data interchange format widely used in web APIs.</body> </article>
Output CSV
Introduction to JSON Alice Smith JSON is a lightweight data interchange format widely used in web APIs.
XML Config → Key-Value Text
XML element names and their text content are output as readable key-value pairs.
Input JSON
<config> <host>localhost</host> <port>8080</port> <debug>true</debug> </config>
Output CSV
host: localhost port: 8080 debug: true