Extract Text from PDF — Free, No Upload
Pull text content from PDF documents entirely in your browser using pdfjs-dist (Apache-2.0). Download the extracted text as a .txt file or copy it directly.
Text vs Scanned PDFs
Text-based PDFs (created from Word, Excel, or other digital tools) work perfectly — all text is extracted accurately. Scanned PDFs are images of documents and require OCR — try our Image OCR tool for those.
Common Use Cases
Copyable content: Extract text for editing when a PDF is not editable. Data extraction: Pull tables and lists from PDF reports. Archiving: Convert PDF text to plain text for long-term storage. Translation: Extract text to paste into translation tools.
Privacy
pdfjs-dist processes the PDF in your browser. No document or text is transmitted to any server.