Extract text from a PDF
Pull every word out of a PDF into a plain .txt file. No layout, no formatting, just the text. Entirely in your browser.
Any PDF with real, selectable text works. Scanned images with no text layer won't.
Preview the result, with an optional page-marker between pages.
Get a plain .txt file with just the words, no layout or formatting.
Frequently asked
Are my files uploaded to your servers?
No. Extraction runs in this tab using pdf.js. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Why is the output empty or garbled?
This tool reads the PDF's actual text layer. A scanned document that's just a photo of a page has no text layer to read. You'd need OCR first, which this tool doesn't do.
Does it preserve formatting, columns, or tables?
No. This extracts the words in reading order only. For a document that needs its layout preserved, a full PDF-to-Word conversion is a different (and much less reliable) tool.
Is there a size or page limit?
None imposed. Very large documents are limited by your device's memory.
Does this work offline?
Yes, once the page has loaded.