Does it work on scanned PDFs?

It works on PDFs that contain real text. Scanned image-only pages need OCR, which is coming soon.

Yes, it's completely free with no watermark.

Yes. Text is extracted in your browser, so your PDF never leaves your device.

PDF to Text

Extract all text from a PDF into a plain .txt file online for free. Great for copying, editing or re-using PDF content.

Drop a PDF to extract text

Get all the text as a plain .txt file you can copy and edit

Drop the PDF you want to pull text from.

All readable text is gathered into one place.

Copy it to your clipboard or save it as a .txt file.

Yes. The extracted text is fully editable before you copy or download it.