Extract Text From a PDF
Copy all the text out of a PDF and download it as a .txt file. Works for PDFs with real text.
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Copy all the text out of a PDF and download it as a .txt file. Works for PDFs with real text.
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Pull the text out of a PDF so you can search, copy or edit it. It reads the text that is stored in the file.
A scanned PDF is made of pictures, not text. This tool reads stored text; it does not do OCR (reading text from pictures).
Text comes out line by line. Columns and tables are not rebuilt.
Extract Text from PDF is part of the paid plans (Plus and Pro), because it needs more work from your device. Plus includes 100 uses a month and Pro 1000. Many of our other tools are free to use.
No. Open the page and use it. There is nothing to install, and it works on phones, tablets and computers.
Open Support from the menu at the top of the page and tell us what happened. A use that fails is not counted against your limit.
Yes. It works in current versions of Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox on phones, tablets and computers. Very large files can be slow on older phones.