Free Tool · 100% Private
PDF to Text Extractor
Pull the text out of any PDF — preview it right on the page, copy it with one click, or download it as a .txt file. Great for quotes, research, and reusing content. If your PDF is a scan with no text layer, we'll tell you honestly. Everything runs inside your browser: your PDF is never uploaded to any server.
Drop a PDF here
or click to choose a file · up to 50 MB
100% private — text is extracted directly in your browser and your PDF is never uploaded to any server.
How it works
- 1
Add a PDF
Drag & drop your PDF onto the box above, or click to browse. Up to 50 MB.
- 2
Extract
Click "Extract text". Every page's text layer is read in order.
- 3
Copy or download
Copy the text to your clipboard, or grab it as a .txt file. The .txt also downloads automatically.
Why use this tool?
- 100% private — extraction runs entirely in your browser, no upload, no server storage.
- Preview before you take — see the extracted text on the page and copy just what you need.
- Page order kept — text comes out in reading order, page by page.
- Honest about scans — image-only PDFs are detected and reported, not silently ignored.