Can I download the text?

Yes. You can copy it or download it as a plain .txt file.

No. Text extraction happens in your browser, so your document stays private.

PDFFile

PDF to Text

Pull all the selectable text out of a PDF so you can copy it or download it as a plain .txt file.

Drag & drop your PDF

or choose a file below

PDF · up to 50 MB

Upload your PDF and the tool reads out all of its selectable text. You can copy the result to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file.

This tool extracts text that is already embedded in the PDF. Scanned documents that are just images will not contain selectable text.

Only if the scan has been run through OCR. Image-only scans contain no selectable text to extract.

Combine multiple PDF files into one document.

Split a PDF into separate files by page ranges.

Reduce the file size of a PDF document.