PDF to Text
Extract all text from a PDF. Preview per page, copy or download as .txt.
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Single file · PDF supported
How text extraction works
PDF.js reads the text stream embedded in each page — the same layer search engines and screen readers use. Text-based PDFs (Word exports, digital documents) extract cleanly. Scanned PDFs store images of pages, not text, so nothing is extractable without OCR.
Scanned PDFs: OCR support is on the roadmap. For now, the tool will tell you when a page has no extractable text.
All processing runs locally in your browser. Your PDF never touches a server.