Pull all the text out of a PDF so you can copy, edit or search it. The PDF to text converter reads every page, keeps the line breaks and marks where each page starts. Copy the result with one click or download it as a .txt file - your PDF is never uploaded.
How to extract text from a PDF
- Select or drop your PDF file.
- Click Extract text.
- Copy the text or download it as a TXT file.
What works best
The tool extracts the real text stored in PDFs created from Word, Google Docs, websites and most software. Scanned PDFs are pictures of paper and contain no text layer, so there is nothing to extract - the tool will tell you when this happens.
Want images of the pages instead? Use PDF to JPG. Need to turn text back into a document? Try Text to PDF.
Frequently asked questions
Does it support Arabic, Hindi and other languages?
Yes. Any text stored in the PDF is extracted, whatever the language.
Why is no text found in my PDF?
Your PDF is probably a scan or a photo. It contains images of text rather than real text, so it would need OCR.
Is the formatting kept?
Line breaks and page order are kept. Fonts, colors and tables are not, because the output is plain text.
Is my file uploaded?
No. Text is extracted locally in your browser.