Does it work on scanned PDFs?

Scanned PDFs contain images, not text, so plain text extraction will return limited results. Use the OCR Image to Text tool for scanned documents.

No. Text extraction runs securely in your browser without uploading using PDF.js.

What format is the output?

The extracted text is shown on-screen and can be copied or downloaded as a .txt file.

PDF text extraction

PDF to Text

Extract selectable text from PDF files directly in your browser.

Upload PDF

Choose a PDF to read its embedded text.

Click or drag & drop

Accepted: PDF only.

Extract text

Read the text and save it as a .txt file.

Output text

No text yet.

Upload a PDF to begin.

This extracts embedded text; scanned PDFs still need OCR for image-only pages.

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