PDF to text

Extract selectable text from PDF files directly in your browser. Works best for PDFs that contain real text, not scanned images.

Drag & drop PDF files here, or click to choose

Best for PDFs exported from Word/Office, not for scanned images

Choose PDF files

Selected {{ files.length }} PDF file(s)

Extract text

Text is extracted per page. Scanned PDFs without embedded text are not supported here.

Page range (e.g. 1-5 or leave empty for all) Output

Progress: {{ progress.done }} / {{ progress.total }}

Current file: {{ currentName }}

Notes

· This tool reads the text layer of the PDF. Scanned PDFs have no selectable text — use our Image to text (OCR) tool instead: export PDF pages as images first, then run OCR.

· All processing happens locally in your browser; PDFs are not uploaded to a server.

· For large PDFs, extraction can take a bit of time. You can cancel by closing or refreshing the page.

Extracted text

The extracted text only exists in this browser tab and is not uploaded to a server.