PDF to text

Get every word out of a PDF as a plain text file you can search, paste or edit.

Choose PDF files

or drop them here

Your files stay on this device

How to pDF to text

Get the words out of a spec section or meeting minutes to paste into an email or a takeoff sheet. Scanned pages have no text, so run OCR PDF first.

Your files stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

No sign-up, no watermark on your file, no daily limit.

Once the page loads, it keeps working without the internet.

Phone, tablet or computer, in Chrome, Edge or Safari.

A scanned PDF is a picture of the page, so it has no text to pull out.

No. The tool runs in your browser, so your files never leave your device. Nothing is sent to us or kept after you close the tab.

Yes. Choose or drop several files. Each one gets the same settings, and you save them all in one ZIP.

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark on your file and no daily limit.

Yes. Once the page has loaded you can turn off Wi-Fi and the tool still works.

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