PDF Text Extractor
Extract all readable text from a PDF document.
or drop your PDF here
Features
- Pull all readable text out of a PDF instantly
- Extracts text page by page
- Extracts text page by page
- One-click copy to clipboard
- One-click copy
- One-click copy
- Page-by-page breakdown of extracted text
- Processed entirely in your browser
- Processed entirely in your browser
- 100% Free, Runs Entirely in Your Browser
- Free, unlimited use
- Free, unlimited use
How to Use
Upload your PDF.
Select the PDF you want to extract text from.
Click Extract Text.
Click Extract Text and wait a moment while each page is scanned.
Copy the extracted text.
Copy the result with the Copy Text button, or select it manually.
About This Tool
PDF Text Extractor pulls out all selectable text from a PDF, organized page by page, ready to copy. Scanned image-based PDFs without embedded text will show no results.
Frequently Asked Questions
Only if the PDF has a real text layer. Purely scanned images with no embedded text (and no OCR applied) won't have extractable text.
The PDF is likely a scanned image without an embedded text layer, which this tool can't extract from.
No, text extraction happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript — nothing is sent to a server.
No, this extracts plain text only, not layout or styling.