Extract Text from PDF
Turn a PDF's text into a plain text file you can paste anywhere — done locally in your browser, nothing uploaded.
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View all tools →Why use Extract Text from PDF?
Sometimes the document itself is in the way — what you need is just the words, in a form any editor, search box or script can use.
Reuse the wording
Lift text from a PDF into an email, a document or a form without retyping it or fighting with copy-paste formatting.
Search and index
Plain text can be searched, diffed and indexed by tools that cannot read inside a PDF.
Accessibility
A text version is easier to read with screen readers and to reformat for large print.
How it works
Upload
Add the PDF. It stays on your device the whole time.
Pick pages
Keep all pages, or uncheck the ones you don't need.
Download
Get a .txt file with page markers, or copy the text straight from the preview.
Key features
Page selection
Extract the whole document or only the pages you choose.
Page markers
The text file marks where each page begins, so nothing gets silently merged.
Copy button
Copy the extracted text to the clipboard without downloading anything.
Honest limits
Scanned, image-only pages are reported as having no extractable text instead of producing garbage.
Who uses Extract Text from PDF?
Quoting a document
Pull an exact passage into a reply or a citation without retyping.
Feeding another tool
Turn a PDF into text for a spreadsheet, a search, or a script that only accepts plain text.
Archiving content
Keep a lightweight text copy of a document alongside the original PDF.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to extract its text?
No. Extraction runs entirely in your browser with pdf.js — nothing leaves your device.
Can I extract only some pages?
Yes. Choose exactly which pages to include before extracting; every page is selected by default.
Why is a scanned PDF's text file empty?
Scanned pages contain pictures of text, not selectable text, and this site has no OCR. Only PDFs with a real text layer yield text.