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PDF to Text

About this tool

Pulling the text out of a PDF is the fastest route to quoting a report, feeding a document into a translation or analysis tool, or repurposing content locked inside a fixed layout. This tool extracts every piece of selectable text from your PDF and presents it in a copyable box, with a one-click download as a plain .txt file.

Extraction is performed by pdf.js, the same PDF engine built into Firefox, running locally in your tab. Because the document is never uploaded, it is safe to extract text from contracts, statements, and anything else you would not paste into a random website.

How to use

  1. Choose a PDF and extraction starts immediately, with per-page progress.
  2. Read or select the text straight from the output box.
  3. Use "Copy all" to put the entire text on your clipboard.
  4. Or click "Download .txt" to save it as a plain text file.

The document is parsed entirely on your device. Neither the PDF nor the extracted text is sent anywhere, stored, or logged.

Frequently asked questions

Why did my PDF produce no text?

The pages are probably scanned images. A scan contains a photograph of text rather than actual text characters, and reading it requires OCR, which this tool intentionally does not perform.

Will the layout of the original be preserved?

Plain text has no columns, fonts, or positioning, so the extraction focuses on content and reading order rather than visual layout. Line breaks follow the PDF's internal text structure.

Can I extract text from a specific page only?

Extract the full document here and copy the part you need, or split out the page first with the Split PDF tool and run extraction on just that file.