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Extract Text from PDF

PDF & documents · Done in 3 steps

Stays on your deviceFree · No sign-up
  1. 1Choose a PDF
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About

Pull all the selectable text out of a PDF, page by page. Copy it or download a .txt file. Flags scanned pages that have no text.

How to use it

  1. 1Choose a PDF.
  2. 2Text is extracted automatically, page by page.
  3. 3Switch between all pages and a single page, and toggle page separators.
  4. 4Copy the text or download it as .txt.
You give
One PDF file (up to 100 MB)
You get
Plain text, per page or for the whole document
Good to know
Works best with files under 100 MB (the upload cap); very large files depend on your device's memory. Only real text can be extracted — scanned PDFs need OCR, which this tool doesn't do. Text follows the order stored in the file, so columns and tables may need tidying. Password-protected PDFs can't be opened.
Privacy
Processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded, stored or logged.
Last tested
2026-10-28

FAQ

Why is the output empty?

The PDF is probably a scan or made of images. Its 'text' is just pixels, so it needs OCR software to be turned into real text.

Why are some words joined or out of order?

PDFs store text as positioned fragments, not paragraphs. We rebuild lines from their positions, but multi-column layouts and tables can come out in reading order that needs a quick clean-up.

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