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Extract Text from PDF

Pull the text out of a PDF, in your browser.

Free · No sign-up · Works in your browser

Extracted text
Upload a PDF and click Extract text.

About the Extract Text from PDF

Free tool to extract text from a PDF — get all selectable text out of a document to copy or reuse, without uploading the file.

How to use the Extract Text from PDF

  1. 1Upload a PDF.
  2. 2Click Extract text.
  3. 3Copy the text from every page.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work on scanned PDFs?

It extracts real, selectable text. Scanned/image-only PDFs have no text layer, so those need OCR (coming soon).

Is my file uploaded?

No — text extraction runs entirely in your browser.

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