PDF to Text Converter
Extract text content from PDF files instantly. Copy to clipboard or download as a TXT file. 100% client-side -- your files never leave your browser.
Use OCR for scanned PDFs that have no selectable text. Slower but works with image-based pages.
Drop a PDF file here or click to upload
PDF files only
How to Extract Text from PDF
- Upload a PDF file using the drop zone or file picker.
- Text is automatically extracted from all pages.
- For scanned PDFs, enable the OCR toggle to extract text from images.
- Copy extracted text to clipboard or download as a TXT file.
Features
- Extract text from multi-page PDF documents
- OCR mode for scanned/image-based PDFs using Tesseract.js
- 12+ language support for OCR text recognition
- Page-by-page text extraction with clear markers
- Word and character count for extracted text
- One-click copy to clipboard
- Download extracted text as a TXT file
- 100% client-side processing -- files never leave your device
- No sign-up, no file size limits, completely free
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