PDF to Text Converter

Get the raw text of any PDF as a .txt file — handy for quoting, translating, feeding to other tools, or just copying without fighting a PDF viewer.

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  • No upload — runs in your browser
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PDF to Text

Extract all text from a PDF into a plain .txt file — in your browser.

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    1

    Drop your PDF

    Add the document to extract from.

    2

    Text is read locally

    The text layer of every page is extracted, line by line, in your browser.

    3

    Download the .txt

    A clean plain-text file with page breaks marked by blank lines.

    Plain text, zero friction

    Copying from a PDF viewer garbles line breaks and sprays hyphens everywhere. This tool reads the text layer directly and writes an ordered, line-by-line .txt. Scanned PDFs without a text layer are detected and reported honestly — no silent empty files.

    PDF to Text — FAQ

    Does this work on scanned PDFs?
    No — scans are images and need OCR. The tool detects this and tells you, rather than returning an empty file.
    Is the text order preserved?
    Yes, lines are extracted top-to-bottom per page, with blank lines separating pages.

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