CSV to a text file

CSV to TXT Converter

Convert a CSV file into a downloadable .txt text file. Keep your columns as tab-, comma-, pipe- or space-separated text, preview the result, and save it — all in your browser.

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Paste or upload text to convert.

Input — paste or upload

Drag a file here, or browse (.txt, .csv, .tsv, .json)

Output

Input is

Input delimiter

Column widths

Output as

Custom delimiter

Plain text style

First row is header

Quoting

Line ending

UTF-8 BOM (Excel)

Excel-safe numbers

A live table preview of your data appears here.

This page exports a .txt (tab-separated by default) — switch the separator in Output as if you prefer.

What it does

Convert a CSV file to a TXT file

Written by the TextToCSV team Updated June 2026 How we test

Sometimes you specifically need a .txt file rather than a spreadsheet — for an import, an editor, or a system that only accepts text. This tool turns your CSV into a text file while keeping the columns, and lets you choose how they are separated.

Paste or upload the CSV and pick a separator. Tab-separated is the default because it stays readable and rarely clashes with data, but you can export comma, pipe or space instead. The download is named with a .txt extension, ready to use.

Prefer a delimiter-free list? Use CSV to plain text. Need it done in the browser with an upload focus? See CSV file to text file online.

Step by step

How to use it

Paste or upload

Add your text or drop a file — it is read locally in your browser, never uploaded.

Preview & adjust

Check the live table and the row / column counts, then tweak the delimiter or options if a column looks off.

Copy or download

Grab the result with Copy or Download. You can reopen recent conversions from this device too.

Example

Input and output example

CSV saved as a tab-separated .txt file that keeps every column.

Input

name,city
Ada,NY
Lin,LA

Output

name	city
Ada	NY
Lin	LA

Details

Choosing the text layout

A .txt can hold your table in several shapes — pick the right one.

Tab-separated .txt

The safest general choice: columns are separated by tabs, which almost never appear inside values, so the structure survives. Many tools that import “text” expect exactly this layout.

Comma, pipe or space .txt

Choose comma to keep CSV-style separation in a .txt file, pipe for system feeds, or space for a lightweight look. Quoting still protects any value that contains the chosen separator.

Line endings for Windows vs Unix

Pick CRLF if the file will be opened in Windows Notepad or sent to a Windows system, or LF for Unix, macOS and most programming tools.

Encoding

Text is UTF-8. Enable the BOM if the .txt will be opened in Excel so non-Latin characters display correctly; leave it off for most editors and scripts.

Good to know

Tips and edge cases

Opening in Notepad on Windows? Choose CRLF line endings for clean line breaks.
Tab-separated is the most reliable if your data contains commas.
For a human-readable list with no separators, use CSV to plain text.

Good to know

Why a .txt instead of a spreadsheet

A .txt file sidesteps the assumptions spreadsheets make about your data — no auto-formatting, no locale surprises — which is exactly why many import pipelines ask for text. Keep the tab layout for the most reliable round trip, switch to CRLF endings for Windows tools, and add the UTF-8 BOM only when the file is destined for Excel. For a delimiter-free version, the plain-text export is one click away.

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