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

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.