Extract Text from PDF
How to use
Pulls all the text out of a PDF and saves it as a plain .txt file, with a marker at the start of each page. It is useful when you want to reuse or search the text of a document. Select your PDF and click Extract text, then download the .txt file.
Select a PDF to read text from
Extracts the selectable text layer into a .txt file
- Grabbing a quote or citation from a report without retyping it by hand
- Repurposing content from a PDF brochure into an email or blog post
- Pulling text out of a PDF to search or index it elsewhere
- Saving the plain text of a document as a lightweight TXT backup
Free and private. Everything runs on your own device, with no account and no uploads.
Extract Text from PDF pulls every bit of selectable text out of a PDF so you can copy it into an email, paste it into a search, or save it as a plain TXT file. It is a quick way to grab a quote from a report or repurpose content from a PDF brochure without manual retyping. The extraction runs entirely in your browser, keeping any sensitive text content off external servers.
No, this tool reads existing text layers only; for scanned images use the PDF OCR tool instead.
No, the output is plain text, so visual formatting is stripped and only the raw text content remains.
Some versions let you select a page range, but by default all pages are processed.
Text is pulled in the reading order embedded in the PDF, which may occasionally interleave columns unexpectedly.
You need to remove the password first, since the browser cannot read the text layer of an encrypted file directly.
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Upload your PDF
Select the PDF you want to pull text out of.
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Let the tool scan the pages
The tool reads the text layer from every page in the document.
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Review the extracted text
Check the output in the preview panel for accuracy.
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Copy or download
Copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a TXT file.
- ·If the output looks empty or garbled, the PDF likely has no text layer; use the PDF OCR tool for scanned images instead.
- ·Expect multi-column layouts to occasionally interleave text out of the natural reading order.
- ·Remember the result is plain text, so bold, headings, and other formatting will be stripped.