Extract Text
Extract all text content from a PDF into a text file.
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Supports: .pdf — Max: 200MB
How to Extract Text Online
1
Upload PDF
Drop your PDF file into the upload area.
2
Extract
Click Process & Download. Text is extracted from every page.
3
Download
Save the extracted text as a .txt file.
About Extract Text
Extract Text pulls all text content from every page of your PDF and saves it as a plain text file. This is useful for data analysis, content reuse, search indexing, and translation preparation. The tool processes digital PDFs where text is encoded as characters, not images.
Features
✓Extract all text from every page
✓Preserves page separation
✓Outputs clean plain text
✓Works with digital PDFs
✓Free with no limits
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it work with scanned PDFs?▼
Text extraction works best with digital PDFs (created from Word, etc.). Scanned PDFs contain images of text and need OCR.
Is formatting preserved?▼
The output is plain text. For formatted output, try PDF to HTML.
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