PDF to Text
Extract all text from a PDF as a plain .txt file — great for search-and-replace, archiving, or copy-paste. Or output Markdown with detected headings (#/##/###).
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How does the PDF to Text work?
Pull all the text out of a PDF as a plain .txt file. Drop your PDF and click. Useful for keyword-searching across many PDFs, feeding documents into text-analysis tools, archiving copies in a format that's guaranteed readable for decades, or simply getting text out of a copy-disabled PDF. This tool extracts text that's already in the PDF; for scanned PDFs (where pages are images and there's no text to extract), the result will be near-empty — use PDF to Word instead, which can recognise text from page images. Files stay on your device — nothing is uploaded.
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All processing happens on your device. Your files never leave your browser, never touch our servers, and are not stored anywhere. Close the tab and the file is gone.
📱 Use it on any device
Works in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.
⚡ Quick & easy
Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.
🎁 Always free, no signup
Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no “trial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.
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