Free Online PDF to Text
Text comes from the PDF's own text layer, so extraction is accurate for documents and reports. Scanned pages have no text layer and need OCR instead.
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How to use PDF to Text
- Add your PDF.
- Choose Keep layout or Plain text.
- Press Extract.
- Copy the result or download it as a text file.
Questions about PDF to Text
Why did I get an empty result?
The file is probably a scan of paper. OCR is a server-side technology; the workaround is to run the pages through an OCR app you trust.
Does it keep tables?
Columns are preserved with spacing when you choose Keep layout, though complex tables are better handled by converting to images.
About PDF to Text
Extract selectable text from any PDF file with our free online PDF to Text. 100% browser-based, fast, and private—no login or file uploads required.
These PDF tools work on whole documents: combine pages, split ranges, rotate, watermark, compress or convert to images and text, keeping the original layout and page order under your control.
This tool runs in your browser. The file is not uploaded. Keep a copy of the original before compressing or splitting: compression trades some image quality for size, and a split cannot be undone once you close the tab.