Use Notepad for Windows or TextEdit for Mac.

If you need to download only the visible text from a live webpage into a .txt file, you can use automated scraping tools or browser extensions.

Sites like Flipper File offer free tools to convert between .txt and .html formats instantly.

For developers, you can use the Blob API to generate and trigger a text file download directly from the browser without a server.

Name the file with a .txt extension (e.g., code_backup.txt ) instead of .html . Additional Tools and Services

If you want to provide a link on a webpage that allows users to download HTML code as a .txt file, use the following anchor tag structure: Download HTML as TXT

Copy your HTML code and paste it into the empty document. Save As: Go to File > Save As .

To download HTML code as a text file, you can create a simple HTML link using the attribute or use a plain text editor to save your code manually. Method 1: Creating a Downloadable Link (HTML)