Ebooks conversion
Convert MOBI to TXT
Updated Jul 2026
MOBI is the ebook format older Kindles used, and TXT is plain text that opens anywhere, in any text editor or app. To convert MOBI to TXT, open the file in a converter and export the text. Doing it on your own computer means the book's contents never get uploaded to anyone else's server.
- Extension
- .mobi
- Type
- Ebooks
- Typically
- Older Kindles
- Extension
- .txt
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Plain text files
Convert MOBI to TXT on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert MOBI to TXT
- Open Morphjet and drag in the MOBI file, or a whole folder of them, that you want to convert.
- Choose TXT as the output format.
- Convert. The text files are written next to your originals, and nothing leaves your machine.
MOBI vs TXT: what actually changes
| MOBI | TXT | |
|---|---|---|
| Opens everywhere | No, needs a Kindle device or an ebook reader app | Yes, opens in any text editor or app |
| File size | Larger, includes formatting and often images | Much smaller, just the raw characters |
| Formatting and images | Keeps chapters, styling, and embedded images | None, plain text only |
| Metadata (title, author, cover) | Yes, embedded in the file | No, stripped out |
| Content | Full ebook layout preserved | Words preserved, structure lost |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert MOBI to TXT when you want the book's text in an app or device that doesn't read MOBI, need to search or edit the content, or want to feed it into another program that only reads plain text.
Keep the MOBI file if you care about chapter formatting, embedded images, and the cover, because converting to TXT strips all of that down to bare words.
Why not just use an online converter?
MOBI files are often personal, a manuscript you're drafting, a book you bought, or notes you built up over years of reading. Uploading one to an online converter sends a full copy of everything inside it to a server you don't control. Converting on your own computer keeps the file exactly where it started, no copy goes anywhere.
Questions
Does converting MOBI to TXT lose anything?
Yes, plenty. TXT only holds plain characters, so chapter breaks, images, italics, and the cover are all dropped. What's left is just the book's words.
Will the TXT file keep the book's title and author info?
No. That information is stored as metadata inside the MOBI file, and plain text has nowhere to hold it, so it doesn't carry over.
Why would I want a book as plain text?
Plain text opens in nearly any app, is easy to search or edit, and works well if you want to paste passages elsewhere or feed the content into another program.
Can I still read MOBI files on newer Kindles?
Newer Kindle devices have moved away from MOBI toward other formats, so an older MOBI file you own may not open as easily as it once did, which is part of why people convert it.
Can I convert MOBI to TXT without uploading the file anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet converts it on your own computer, so the file never travels over the internet.
Morphjet converts MOBI, TXT, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.