PDF to Text Extractor
Extract all text content from a PDF file instantly. Copy or download the extracted text. 100% free, browser-based — your PDF is never uploaded to any server.
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100% private. Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser using PDF.js. It is never uploaded to any server and nothing is stored.
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Drop your PDF here or click to upload
Text-based PDFs only (not scanned images)
Frequently asked
questions
No. The PDF is read entirely in your browser using Mozilla's PDF.js library. Nothing is sent to any server. There is no storage involved on our end.
This tool extracts text from text-based PDFs. If your PDF is a scanned image (a photo of a document), there is no extractable text — you would need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software instead.
There is no hard limit enforced by our tool — it depends on your browser's memory. Very large PDFs (100+ MB) may be slow or fail on devices with limited RAM. For best results keep files under 50 MB.