XHT Converter

Extract text from web documents (XHT)


Drop or upload your .XHT file

How to extract text from your XHT file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your XHT file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert XHT to another file type

To convert XHT documents to another format, you need Mozilla Firefox or other Web software.

Convert a file to XHT

To convert other file formats to the "Markup Language File" file type, you need software like Mozilla Firefox or a similar tool.


About XHT files

An .XHT file is an Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) document. It functions like a standard HTML web page but strictly enforces XML formatting rules. Web developers and organizations like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) use it to create highly structured pages that machines and XML parsers can easily read. It is also used as an XML Hypertext Template in web browsers like Mozilla Firefox. Additionally, enterprise document management systems like iManage Work export certain secure documents as .XHT files, which are often proprietary wrappers for internal PDF files.

The primary disadvantage of the .XHT format is its rigid strictness. Because it relies on an XML parser, a single syntax error - such as a missing closing tag or an unquoted attribute - will cause the web browser to crash the page with a severe parsing error rather than attempting to render it. Furthermore, sharing an .XHT file from an iManage environment with external clients often causes confusion. The recipient's computer usually lacks the required software association, leaving them unable to open the document without an expensive enterprise subscription.

Converting .XHT to HTML, PDF, or TXT is often necessary for broader compatibility and easier editing. Just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Standard online converters often fail to process .XHT files because they cannot distinguish between a strict web page and a proprietary enterprise wrapper. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, like an embedded PDF, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your XHT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted XHTML, XLSX, XHTM, SSML and CCXML files.


FAQ

If you want to convert XHT file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Mozilla Firefox or similar software from the "Web Page Markup Structure" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to XHT, try Mozilla Firefox or another comparable tool in the "Web Page Markup Structure" category.



The XHT Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our XHT converter.