# DOCX to DOC Converter

> Save a Word document in the legacy format older software can open.

DOCX to DOC Converter reads your .docx in the browser — the format is a ZIP of XML, so its headings, paragraphs, lists and tables can be parsed directly on your own device — and writes the converted result. Nothing is uploaded, which is the point when the document is a contract, an HR file or a medical letter.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/docx-to-doc
**Category:** Text Tools (https://convertto.tech/c/text-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Select your word document — the file stays on your device and is never uploaded.
2. Press Run, then download the result when it is ready.

## FAQ

### Why did I get an .rtf rather than a .doc?

Because writing the binary .doc format correctly requires implementing an undocumented 1990s OLE structure, and a file that merely claims to be .doc while containing something else will fail to open — which is what tools that "convert to .doc" in a browser actually hand you. Rich Text Format is the genuine legacy interchange format: Word has opened it since version 1, so has WordPerfect, LibreOffice and TextEdit, and it is a real standard rather than a guess.

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