PDF to Text

Extract the text content from a PDF document and copy or download it.

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About the PDF to Text

PDF to Text pulls all readable text out of a PDF so you can edit, search or quote it. It works with text-based PDFs in any language, including Arabic, and can add separators between pages.

How to use the PDF to Text

Choose the PDF document.
Decide whether to add page separators.
Click "Extract text", then copy the text or download it as a .txt file.

Frequently asked questions

Why is no text found in my PDF?

Scanned documents contain pictures of text rather than real text. Optical character recognition (OCR) is needed for those, which this tool does not perform.

Is formatting preserved?

The tool keeps line breaks and page order, but fonts, colors and layout are not part of plain text.