PDF to Text

Pull the words out of a PDF into a plain text file — for editing, quoting, searching, or feeding into something else. First time? Add the PDF and press Extract. Free, no signup.

Tap to choose a PDF — or drag it here
One file at a time. It stays on your device.
Private by design: everything happens entirely in your browser. Files are never uploaded to a server — there is nothing to store, leak, or delete.

How to use it

  1. Add your PDF with the box above.
  2. Press Extract text.
  3. The text appears below to copy, and a .txt file downloads.

Common questions

Why did the text come out empty or garbled? Some PDFs are pictures of pages (scans) with no text layer at all — there is nothing to extract without OCR. If the PDF was made from a document (Word, web, reports), extraction works cleanly.

Is formatting preserved? Plain text keeps words and rough line breaks, not fonts or columns. Multi-column layouts may read in a jumbled order — that's a PDF limitation, not a fault in the file.

Can the text be edited here? The box below is selectable and copyable. For editing, download the .txt and open it in any text editor.