Extract Text from PDF Online
Copy all the text out of a PDF into a plain .txt file. Fast, free and private.
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Drop PDF files here
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Pages are converted to images, so text can no longer be selected or searched.
Pages are converted to images to reach the size, so text will no longer be selectable.
Leave one field empty to keep the original proportions.
Pages you leave out are removed. A page can be repeated.
About this tool
Extracting text lets you copy, search and edit the words in a PDF using any text editor. The tool reads each page and saves everything into one text file with page markers.
How to use it
Upload your PDFDrop the file into the upload box.
ExtractPress Extract text and the tool reads every page.
DownloadSave the result as a .txt file.
Questions and answers
Why is no text found in my PDF?
Scanned PDFs contain only images, so there is no text to extract. OCR software is needed for those.
Is the layout preserved?
No. You get plain text in reading order without formatting.
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