PDF to text, ready to paste
Pull the wording out of a document into a plain .txt file you can search, paste or feed into something else.
How to get the text out
- 1
Open the file
Any PDF that holds real text.
- 2
Choose the layout
Mark where each page starts, or run it all together.
- 3
Download
A .txt file that opens anywhere.
Private by design
Your files are processed on your own device and never uploaded to a server.
Fast
No waiting for uploads or downloads. Results are ready in seconds.
Free, no signup
Use every tool without creating an account or adding a watermark.
Frequently asked questions
The result is empty.
Your PDF is a scan — a picture of a page. It needs OCR before there is any text to extract.
What about tables and columns?
Reading order is kept, formatting is not. For layout, convert to Word instead.
Where is my file processed?
On your own machine. The tool is code that runs inside your browser tab, so the document is never sent to us and never sits on a server waiting to be cleaned up.