PDF to Text
Extract all text from a PDF, page by page, and copy it or download it as a .txt file. Text extraction runs in your browser, so documents stay private.
Your files never leave your device.
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Good to know: Scanned PDFs contain pictures of text rather than text, so there is nothing to extract without OCR (optical character recognition), which this tool does not perform.
How to use the PDF to Text
- 1Choose a PDF file.
- 2Wait a moment while each page is read.
- 3Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
What is the PDF to Text?
The tool reads the text layer stored in the PDF. Line breaks follow the PDF’s layout, so text from multi-column documents may need light clean-up.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the extracted text empty?
The PDF is probably a scan (an image). Only PDFs with a real text layer can be extracted.
Is the PDF to Text free and private?
Yes. The PDF to Text is free, needs no account, and processes your files entirely in your browser. Files are never uploaded to a server or stored.
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