PDF to Text
Pull the text out of a PDF and read or copy it straight away. Works on any PDF that has a real text layer.
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Runs entirely in your browser — your files never leave your device.
How to use
- Choose your PDFDrop the document onto the box, or click to pick it.
- Set how you want itKeep line breaks to preserve the layout, or turn that off to get flowing paragraphs. Add page markers if you need to know where each page started.
- Copy or downloadThe text appears on the page — copy it with one button, or save it as a .txt file.
Why this runs in your browser
Every step happens locally using WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no queue, no size quota tied to a server, and no copy of your document sitting in someone else’s storage.
Frequently asked questions
Nothing came out — why?
The document is almost certainly a scan. A scanned page is a picture of text, not text, so there is nothing to extract. Recognising it needs OCR, which is a different process.
Does it keep the original layout?
Roughly. Line breaks are reconstructed from where the words sit on the page, which works well for ordinary documents. Multi-column layouts and complex tables come out in reading order rather than visual order.
Are my PDF files uploaded to a server?
No. Every tool runs inside your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device, there is no upload wait, and there is nothing for us to store or delete.