PDF to Text
Pull the text out of any PDF with selectable text. Pick the pages you need, keep or drop page separators, and copy or save the result.
How to convert a PDF to text
- Choose a PDF with selectable text.
- Optionally enter page ranges and choose whether to add page separators, then click Extract text.
- Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.
Features
Clean text output
Lines and spacing are rebuilt for readability.
Page ranges
Extract only the pages you need.
Word count
See the size of the extracted text at a glance.
Private
Your PDF is processed on your device and never uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the extracted text empty?
The PDF is probably a scan, where each page is a picture of text. Text extraction only reads selectable text; scanned documents need OCR, which this tool does not provide.
Will the layout be preserved?
The tool keeps reading order and line breaks, but tables and multi-column layouts become plain lines of text. Complex formatting is not reproduced.
Why are some characters wrong?
Some PDFs use custom font encodings that do not map cleanly to Unicode, which can produce odd symbols when copying text. This is a limitation of the PDF itself.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Text is extracted in your browser with PDF.js and the file never leaves your device.