PDF Text Extractor

Extract all text content from a PDF file, free, right in your browser. Copy it or download it as a plain text file.

Note: This works on PDFs that contain real, selectable text. Scanned documents or PDFs made from photos (image-only pages) won't have extractable text โ€” that would require OCR, which this tool doesn't do.

Select or drag a PDF file here


How to extract text from a PDF

1. Select or drag your PDF file into the box above.
2. Click "Extract Text" โ€” the tool reads all pages and pulls out the text content.
3. Copy the text or download it as a .txt file.

Why use this tool?

Extraction happens entirely in your browser โ€” your PDF is never uploaded to a server. It's free, fast, and useful for pulling quotes, data, or content out of reports, ebooks, or articles saved as PDF.