Extract text from PDF

Extract text from a PDF in your browser — save selectable text as a .txt file. For scanned PDFs, use OCR instead. No upload, no signup.

Pull the selectable text out of a PDF and save it as a plain .txt file, without uploading the document. Works on PDFs where the text is embedded and selectable — not on scans or photos of pages. If your PDF is a scan, use the OCR tool instead, which recognizes text from images. Everything runs in your browser, so the file stays private. Free, no account, no watermark.

How it works

  1. Open a PDF with selectable text
  2. Extract the text
  3. Download a .txt file

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