PDF to text
Choose a PDF. The download is a text file with a heading for each page and the words stored on that page.
- Letters the file already has
- Free, no sign-up
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How to use it
- Choose the PDF.
- Press Extract text.
- Open the .txt download. A blank page means that page had no text layer.
What is missing
The page reads the text layer. It does not look at the shapes of letters in a picture, so a scan or a photo of a page comes out blank. Columns and sidebars can come out in an odd order because the PDF stores pieces, not reading order. Line breaks are flattened to spaces.
This is not a Word file. Layout, images and tables are not rebuilt. If a sentence matters, check it against the PDF.
Private by design
Privacy
The PDF stays in this tab and is not uploaded.
Questions
Why is a page empty?
That page is a picture, or the text was drawn as paths. This tool does not run OCR.
Can I copy one page?
The file includes every page. Delete the sections you do not want in the text file.
Does a password-protected PDF work?
Unlock it first with the password you know, then extract text from that download.