Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/rtf

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .RTF files (Rich Text Format).

File Extension

.rtf

Content-Type Header

application/rtf

Format Category

Documents

Standard Specification

IANA Registered Standard

Description & Usage

Cross-platform document format developed by Microsoft for rich formatted text.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .rtf
types {
    application/rtf    rtf;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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Preguntas frecuentes

Respuestas claras a las preguntas más habituales.

The official MIME content type for .rtf files is "application/rtf". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .rtf data.