📄 PDF to Text
Extract all text from your PDF with preserved line breaks and layout. Copy to clipboard or download as a .txt file.
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How to Extract Text from a PDF
Upload PDF
Select or drag the PDF file you want to extract text from.
Extract Text
Click "Extract Text" to pull all text from every page.
Copy or Download
Copy the text or save it as a .txt file.
Frequently Asked Questions
Line breaks and paragraphs are preserved based on the text positions on each PDF page. Bold, italic, and colors are not preserved because it's plain text output. If you need formatting, use our PDF to Word tool instead.
No. Scanned PDFs are images with no embedded text — you need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for those. Our PDF to Text tool works only on PDFs with selectable, digital text.
Yes! Use the "Page Range" field to enter a range like 1-5, or a list like 1, 3, 5, 7-10. Leave it blank to extract all pages.
Absolutely. Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser using pdf.js (Mozilla's official PDF library). It is never uploaded to any server. We never see, store, or have access to your files.