.PLAIN File Extension

Plain Text File

A .PLAIN file is plain text with no formatting. You can open .PLAIN files using free text editors like Notepad, Wordpad or TextEdit. You can change a .PLAIN file's extension to .TXT to make it a text ...

General Information

Title PLAIN Text File Extension
Extension .plain
Full Form Plain Text File
File Type Text File
Developer N/A
MIME Type text/plain

File Function

Primary Function Store text
Additional Functions Data import, export
Features No formatting, Universal

File Characteristics

Quality N/A
Supports Layers No
Supports Transparency No
Editable Yes

Use Cases

Documentation Yes
Configuration Yes
Scripting Limited

Security and Practices

Security Risks Low
Best Practices Text encoding, Backup

Historical/Version Information

Initial Release N/A
Latest Version N/A

Associated Types

Similar Extensions .txt, .log, .md

Software Compatibility

Software Usage Policy OS Compatibility
Notepad Free Windows
TextEdit Free Mac
Vim Free Windows, Mac, Linux
Emacs Free Windows, Mac, Linux