Extract Text
Pull all text content out of a PDF as plain text.
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- No Limits
- Works Offline
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Extract all textual content from a PDF document into a clean, searchable plain text (.txt) file. Preserves page breaks and runs completely client-side in your browser.
How to use this tool
- 1
Upload your PDF
Select the PDF file whose text content you want to export.
- 2
Extract text
Click Extract Text to read the text layer of every page using our client-side engine.
- 3
Download .txt
Download the combined text file with double newlines separating individual pages.
Why use this tool
Total privacy
Your document text is extracted on your machine and never transmitted across the network.
Lightweight plain text
Exports to an easily readable .txt file compatible with any text editor or note app.
Preserves page boundaries
Separates text from each page with blank lines for clear document structure.
Common use cases
Note-taking and quoting
Copy quotes, excerpts, or entire articles into your research notes or word processor.
Text analysis & indexing
Feed document text into search tools, scripts, or offline analysis utilities.
Accessibility & screen reading
Convert complex multi-column PDFs into a linear plain text format for screen reading.
Pro tips
- Extracts selectable text only; scanned PDFs without an OCR layer will yield empty pages.
- If you want to edit the PDF directly instead of exporting raw text, use Edit PDF.
- Check that the original PDF has selectable text by highlighting a sentence before uploading.