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PDF to Text

Pull the readable text out of a PDF, page by page, with no formatting attached.

Drop your file here

Nothing is uploaded — your file is processed on this device.

Options for PDF to Text

Adds a '--- Page n ---' line before each page.

This tool runs entirely inside your browser. Your file is never uploaded to a server.

How to pdf to text

  1. 1Upload the PDF.
  2. 2Choose whether to include page markers.
  3. 3Extract, then read the text on screen or download the .txt file.

About this tool

Plain text is the most portable form of a document. It can be searched, diffed, pasted into a spreadsheet, fed to a script or read by assistive technology without any of the layout that makes PDFs awkward to reuse.

This tool reads the text objects in each page and reconstructs lines by their vertical position, which keeps sentences and list items intact. Optional page markers make it easy to see where each page began. Scanned PDFs contain no text objects — use OCR PDF for those.

What it's good for

  • Searching a long document for every mention of a term.
  • Feeding document content into a spreadsheet or script.
  • Quoting accurately from a report without retyping.
  • Making content available to a screen reader in a simpler form.

Features

  • Line reconstruction

    Text fragments are grouped back into lines and paragraphs.

  • Page markers

    Optional markers show where each page starts.

  • On-screen preview

    Read and copy the result without downloading.

  • Honest failures

    Scans are reported clearly instead of returning nothing.

Questions people ask

Why is some text out of order?
Multi-column pages are read by vertical position; columns can interleave. Extract per page for cleaner results.
Does it work on scans?
No. A scan is an image — use OCR PDF instead.
Is the encoding UTF-8?
Yes, the downloaded .txt file is UTF-8 encoded.

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