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PDF to Text — Free Online Tool

Pull every word out of your PDF in seconds. Pages are separated with clear markers — copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

Your extracted text will appear here once you drop a PDF above.
100% private — no uploads
All pages extracted instantly
Free forever

How it works

1Drop a PDF onto the box above (or click to browse for one).
2Wait a moment while the text of every page is extracted locally.
3Copy the text or download it as .txt with one tap.

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded to a server?

No. The extraction library runs entirely inside your browser, so your PDF is processed on your device and never uploaded or stored anywhere.

Does it work on scanned PDFs or photos of documents?

No — this tool extracts embedded text from text-based PDFs only. It cannot read scanned images, photographs, or image-only PDFs; those need OCR (optical character recognition), which this tool does not include.

Why did I get little or no text from my PDF?

The most common reason is that the PDF contains scanned pages or images of text rather than real text. Other causes are password-protected files (unsupported) or text rendered as vector outlines. If the text is selectable when you open the PDF in a viewer, this tool will extract it.

Text-based PDFs only (no OCR) · Page-separated output · 100% local — your file never leaves this page.