Convert PDF to text, free
Quoting a report, feeding a document to an AI, or archiving content as searchable plain text — all of it starts by liberating the words from the layout. Drop the PDF below and the full text layer extracts page by page into a clean pane: copy it straight to the clipboard or download a .txt file. Works on any PDF with real text; scanned images contain no text layer (those need OCR, which this honest tool won't pretend to do).
How to extract PDF text
- 1Drop your PDF on the extractor above.
- 2Hit Extract text and watch the word count climb as pages are read.
- 3Copy or download .txt. Use Copy for pasting into docs and AI chats, .TXT for archiving.
Cleaner text out
Two-column layouts jumble
Extracted text follows storage order, not reading order — multi-column PDFs may need manual untangling.
Hyphenation survives
Line-end hyphens ("exam- ple") come along for the ride; search-replace "- " away for clean prose.
Empty result? It's scans
Zero words means image-only pages. No text tool can extract what isn't encoded — that's an OCR job.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert PDF to text free?
Drop it above, hit Extract text, then copy or download the .txt. Page headers keep everything organized.
Why is my extracted text empty?
Scanned PDFs are pictures of text with no text layer. This tool extracts encoded text; scans need OCR software instead.
Does formatting survive?
Words do; bold, tables, and columns don't. Plain text is the trade for universality.
Is there a page limit?
No hard cap — long documents simply take longer to read through.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Extraction runs 100% in your browser.