Convert PDF to text
PDF to Text is the simple job behind a hundred others: getting the words out of a PDF so you can quote them, search them, feed them to another document or keep them in notes. This page opens our Extract Text tool directly - add a PDF and download a clean plain text file of its contents, page by page, made entirely in your browser.
How to do it
- Add your PDF file.
- Click Extract Text.
- Download the .txt file, or copy the text you need.
Common questions
Will a scanned PDF work?
A scan is a picture, so it has no text layer to extract. This tool honestly reports when a PDF contains no extractable text.
Does it keep the layout?
Plain text keeps the reading order and page breaks, not columns or styling. For a formatted result, try PDF to Word or PDF to Markdown.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Extraction runs on your device.
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