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
- 1Upload a PDF.
- 2Click Extract text.
- 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.