PDF to Text
Copy all the text out of a PDF and save it as a .txt file
Private: everything happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use the PDF to Text
- Choose your PDF.
- Pick the pages, or leave empty for all.
- Click Extract text, then copy it or download the .txt file.
About this tool
Pull the words out of a PDF so you can paste them anywhere: an email, a document, a translation tool. Choose all pages or a few, and keep or drop the page separators.
This reads the text that is stored in the PDF. If the PDF is a scan made of pictures, there is no text to read and the tool will tell you so. Nothing is uploaded.
- Copy or download as TXT
- Choose which pages
- Shows a word count
- Nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
Why did it find no text?
The PDF is probably a scan: each page is a picture of text. Reading it needs OCR, which this tool does not do.
Does it keep the layout?
It keeps the reading order and line breaks, but not columns, tables or fonts.
Can I extract text from only one page?
Yes. Type the page number in the "Pages" box.
Does it work with Sinhala or Tamil text?
It extracts whatever text is stored in the file. Some PDFs store non-Latin text in a way that does not copy cleanly; that comes from how the PDF was made.