PDF Tools
PDF Text Extractor
PDF Text Extractor reads through a PDF and pulls out its plain text content, page by page, so you can copy it, search it, or save it as a .txt file.
This works on PDFs that contain real, selectable text. Scanned documents that are just images of text won't produce results here, since there's no underlying text layer to extract -- for those, you'd need an OCR tool. Extraction happens entirely in your browser.
How to Use the PDF Text Extractor
- Open the PDF Text Extractor tool.
- Choose your PDF file.
- Wait for the text to be extracted from every page.
- Copy the text, or download it as a .txt file.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did I get no text from my PDF?
This usually means the PDF is a scanned image with no real text layer underneath -- the pages look like text but are actually pictures. This tool can only extract text that already exists as selectable text in the PDF.
Does the extracted text preserve the original formatting?
No -- this pulls out the raw text content in reading order, without preserving fonts, columns, tables or other layout formatting.
Is my PDF uploaded to extract the text?
No, extraction happens entirely in your browser using the open-source pdf.js library -- your file never leaves your device.