PDF to Text Extractor
Extract all text from a PDF document. Copy to clipboard or download as a .txt file. Runs entirely in your browser — no uploads.
Drop a PDF here or click to upload
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About This Tool
Free PDF to text converter online — extract all text content from any PDF file instantly in your browser. No server uploads, no account, 100% private. Useful when you need to copy text from a PDF that has disabled text selection, extract content for editing in a word processor, pull data for analysis from a report, or convert a PDF document to plain text for processing with scripts. Upload your PDF and the extractor reads the text layer embedded in the document. Note: scanned PDFs (images of documents) do not have a text layer and require OCR (optical character recognition) to extract text — this tool works on PDFs with embedded text.
How to Use
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Upload your PDF
Drag and drop or click to select the PDF file.
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Extract text
The tool reads the text layer and displays the extracted content.
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Copy or download
Copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file.