PDF to Text
Extract plain text from a PDF.
or drag and drop · max 50 MB
Pull the readable text out of a PDF and download it as a plain-text file. Great for copying long-form content into a document, feeding text into another tool, or quickly reviewing a PDF's contents. The extraction uses pdfjs-dist's text layer and runs in your browser. Note: this is text extraction, not OCR — scanned image-only PDFs won't work.
How it works
How PDF to Text works
Upload your PDF
Drop the PDF you want to extract text from.
Preview the extracted text
We show the text on-screen so you can review before downloading.
Download as a .txt file
Save the text to your device — your PDF was never uploaded.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- No. This tool extracts the existing text layer — scanned PDFs are images and contain no extractable text. OCR (image-to-text) is on our v2 roadmap.