Which MSG files can I read?

Classic Outlook .msg files up to 40 MB. Attachments and formatting are not exported, only the plain text of the message.

Will my email content be scanned?

The file is converted and the result is returned to you. Treat the extracted text like any email you received — check it before trusting links or instructions inside it.

No. Extraction happens with an open-source converter, so you do not need Microsoft Outlook or any desktop email program.

Extract text from an MSG email online

Got an Outlook email saved as a .msg file and want the text without opening Outlook? This page extracts the plain text of the message into a .txt file you can download.

How to extract MSG text

Upload an Outlook .msg file (up to 40 MB).
Press Convert file.
Download the resulting text file.

What you get

The message body as plain text. If the email has a subject line, it is included at the top of the file.

Attachments stay in the original .msg and are not exported here, and rich formatting is reduced to plain text.

Limits

40 MB per .msg file
Output capped at 1 MB of text

If your file is larger, export the message again without large attachments before converting.