PDF to Text Converter: Extract Text From PDF Online

Add your PDF and the tool reads each page, then shows the text in a box you can edit. Copy it to your clipboard or download it as a TXT file. You need no account and no payment. A long report takes longer to read than a two page letter, so give big files a moment.

The tool outputs plain text, not a Word file. Copy the result and paste it into a blank Word document, or download the TXT file and open it in Word. Word then applies its own fonts and spacing, which is often what you want when you reuse a quote or a paragraph from a PDF.

Yes. The tool flags pages that have no text layer and shows a Run OCR button. Choose a language from English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese, then start. Clear, well lit scans with printed text give the best results, and handwriting is usually read poorly. Proofread the output.

No. The tool works in your browser tab on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone, so there is nothing to install or keep updated. You do need an internet connection when the page first loads, because it fetches the PDF.js library, and OCR fetches its own files the first time you use it.

No. The text extraction happens in your browser tab, so your PDF does not travel to our servers. It does load PDF.js, and OCR loads its engine and language data, from public CDNs. Those requests bring code and language files to your browser and carry nothing from your document. Press Clear when you finish.

Columns and tables can interleave when the page layout is complex. Switch the reading order from visual layout to document order, which follows the order the PDF stores its text. Strange symbols usually mean the file uses a font with broken character mapping, and a fresh export from the original program often fixes it.

Yes. Type a range such as 1-3, 5 or 8-10, or use the buttons for all, odd, even or first page. The panel shows how many pages you selected. You can also remove repeated headers and page numbers so the text from a long report reads cleanly when you paste it elsewhere.

Files up to 150 MB are accepted, but your device memory sets the practical limit, so split a very large book into parts if the tab slows down. When a PDF needs a password to open, the tool shows a password box. It cannot guess or bypass a password, so you need the right one.