Extract text

Copy the PDF's text layer. Scanned pages need OCR instead.

Runs in this tab. The file stays here.

Drop a file here, or click to browse.

Nothing you drop here goes anywhere but your own device.

About Extract text

Copy the PDF text layer to the page or a .txt file.

Scanned/image-only PDFs have no text layer — use OCR instead.

Everything runs in this tab. The PDF never leaves your device for a server to process.

How to use Extract text

1Drop a PDF.
2Extract.
3Copy or download .txt.

Common questions

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Why this one doesn't upload your file

There is no server to upload to. This page is a static file, and the work happens in your browser using the same graphics and WebAssembly code that renders every other site you visit. Your file is read from disk into memory, processed, and handed back as a download. Once the page has loaded you can disconnect from the network entirely and it keeps working. The longer explanation