PDF Text Extractor
Extract all text from a PDF. Copy or download as .txt. 100% in your browser.
Text extraction runs entirely in your browser. No files are uploaded.
About PDF Text Extractor
The PDF text extractor pulls the text out of a PDF document. Open a file and the tool reads through every page, returning the text so you can copy it or save it as a .txt file.
This is useful for quoting from a report, moving content into another editor, or searching a document that is hard to navigate. Extraction happens entirely in your browser, so the PDF is read on your device and never sent to a server.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it work on scanned PDFs?
- It extracts text that is already stored in the PDF. Scanned pages that are just images contain no selectable text, so nothing is extracted from them.
- Is the page layout preserved?
- The tool returns the readable text content. Complex column layouts and tables may flow differently than they appear on the page.
- Can I extract text from a password-protected PDF?
- You would need to remove the password first. Encrypted files cannot be read until they are unlocked.