PDF to Text Converter
Extract editable text from your PDF documents.
Click to select PDF file
How to Use PDF to Text Converter
Upload Your PDF
Click the upload area to select a text-based (searchable) PDF. Works with reports, books, articles, contracts, and any PDF where text is selectable.
Extract the Text
Click Download as .txt. The tool reads the embedded text layer from every page and compiles it into a single plain-text file with clear page break markers.
Use Your Text
The .txt file downloads instantly. Open it in any text editor, paste it into Word, import into a translation tool, or feed it into a data pipeline.
Extract Text from PDF
Instant Text Extraction
Need to grab text from a PDF document? Our PDF to Text tool extracts all the readable text content from your PDF and saves it as a clean plain .txt file, ready for you to copy, edit, search, or reuse in any application.
Why Convert PDF to Plain Text?
PDFs are great for sharing formatted documents, but hard to edit or programmatically process. Converting to plain text lets you run word counts, sentiment analysis, search-and-replace, translation, and data extraction without needing a PDF reader library.
Secure In-Browser Processing
Your file is processed locally in your browser using our PDF parsing engine. We do not see, store, or transmit your documents. Even confidential legal or financial PDFs can be safely processed.
Best Results with Searchable PDFs
This tool works best with digitally created PDFs where the text layer is embedded and selectable. Scanned PDFs that are essentially images of text require OCR (optical character recognition) technology for accurate extraction.
Frequently Asked Questions about PDF to Text
Our tool reads the text layer of your PDF document and extracts all readable text content, preserving the reading order as closely as possible.
This tool works with digitally created (searchable) PDFs. Scanned documents that are essentially images would need OCR technology to extract text.
Basic structure like paragraphs and line breaks is maintained. Rich formatting (bold, italic, colors) is removed since plain text doesn't support these features.
You can use the text for content analysis, search and indexing, translation, accessibility purposes, or simply to copy-paste content without PDF reader software.
Since processing happens in your browser, there's no server-side limit. Large PDFs with hundreds of pages will work but may take a few moments to process.