FROM FIXED PAGES TO EDITABLE TEXT

PDF to Text

Turn PDF pages into editable text with a focused workspace for copy, search and export.

Drag and drop a PDF here or Choose a PDF Text-based PDF • Up to 100 MB

Extraction rangeChoose which pages should become text

All pagesExtract the full document Custom rangeChoose start and end

Text result

Extracted text will appear here.

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Fast and reliableBuilt for everyday documents

Free core toolsNo software installation

How to extract text from PDF

1
Choose a PDF
Upload a text-based PDF document from your device.
2
Select the page range
Extract the whole document or enter a custom start and end page.
3
Use the text
Search, copy, download or process the extracted text.

Can this read a scanned PDF?

This tool reads embedded text. Scanned image pages may require the OCR option in PDF to Word.

Will the original layout be preserved?

Plain text keeps the words, but columns, exact fonts and page positioning may change.

Can I export the result?

Yes. Copy it to the clipboard or download a UTF-8 TXT file.