Download Raw Txt (2025)

On the file page, hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Mac) and click the Raw button. This often triggers an immediate download.

curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/[user]/[repo]/[branch]/[file] Download raw txt

For standard text files stored in Drive, you can create a direct link by using the file ID in this format: https://google.com[FILE_ID] . On the file page, hold the Alt key

Open the file on GitHub. Click the Raw button in the top-right corner to see the text-only version. Right-click anywhere on the page and select Save Link As... (or Save As... ) to save it as a .txt or its original extension. On the file page

Open a Google Doc, go to File > Download > Plain Text (.txt) .