Convert PDF to Text
Pull every line of selectable text into a clean .txt file, privately in your browser.
How to convert PDF to text
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Add your PDF
Drop in the PDF you want the text from.
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Extract
The text layer is read page by page, in reading order, on your device.
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Download the .txt
Save the plain-text file, ready for editors, scripts or search.
Why extract PDF text privately?
The text inside your PDFs is often the most sensitive part: contracts, reports, statements, research. Extracting it locally means you can feed clean plain text to editors, scripts, search tools or AI assistants without first handing the whole document to a conversion server. The extraction reuses the same reading-order reconstruction as our PDF to Word converter, so paragraphs come out in the order you would actually read them.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?+
No. The text is extracted by your browser using its own PDF engine, so the document never leaves your device.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?+
Scans have no text layer, so there is nothing to extract directly. Run the scan through OCR PDF first to add a searchable text layer, or use PDF to Word, which can read scans while converting.
Is the layout preserved?+
The output is plain text in reading order, with a blank line between paragraphs. Columns, tables and formatting are flattened, which is exactly what most editors, scripts and AI tools want.
What encoding is the .txt file?+
UTF-8, so accents, symbols and non-Latin scripts survive intact.
Is it free?+
Yes, completely free with no sign-up and no watermark.