PDF to Text

Drag it into the drop zone or click Select PDF. A page grid appears.

Leave Pages to Extract blank for everything, or type a range like "1-3, 5" to target specific pages.

If the PDF is a scan or photo (or your first extract is blank), tick Enable OCR (Scans).

Click Extract Text, review or Search the output, then Copy it or Download as TXT, DOCX, JSON, or ZIP.

Upload the PDF, optionally type a page range, and click Extract Text. The text fills the output panel, where you can copy it or download it as TXT, DOCX, JSON, or a ZIP. For scanned PDFs, tick Enable OCR first. It all runs in your browser, with no upload.

That means it's an image-based PDF with no text layer, so standard extraction finds nothing. Tick Enable OCR (Scans) and run it again — the OCR engine reads the text directly from the page images. OCR is slower than digital extraction, so it's only needed for scans and photos.

Four. TXT for plain text, DOCX to open in Word or Google Docs, JSON for programmatic use, and ZIP, which splits the text into one file per page. You can also Copy the result straight to your clipboard without downloading anything.

Type the pages into the Pages to Extract box — for example "1-3, 5, 8-10" — and the tool processes just those. Leave it blank to extract the whole document. This is faster for big files and handy when you only need a section.

Modern OCR is very accurate on clean scans, but quality depends on the source: high-resolution scans (300 DPI or more), good contrast, and straight (not skewed) pages give the best results. Faded ink, shadows, or crooked scans introduce errors, so it's worth proofreading OCR output.

Yes. After extraction, a search box lets you find keywords within the output, and the Copy button puts the whole result on your clipboard. You can also download it in your chosen format. This makes it easy to grab just the part you need from a long document.

No. The PDF is parsed in your browser using local libraries, so it never leaves your device or reaches a server. That's important for contracts, statements, or records. Once the OCR language data is cached, extraction can even run offline; closing the tab clears the file from memory.

Yes. The tool works in any modern browser on iPhone or Android — no app needed. Upload the PDF, extract, and copy or download. OCR on a large scanned document uses a lot of memory, so it runs faster on a laptop than on an older phone.

Yes. Extraction and export are free, nothing is watermarked, and there's no account to create — and no one-page limit like some free OCR tools impose. Upload, extract, and download in your chosen format.

This page focuses on converting and exporting — extract once and download as TXT, DOCX, JSON, or ZIP. Extract Text from PDF focuses on pulling and editing text, with odd/even page selection and a multi-language OCR picker. Use whichever matches your goal; both keep your file local.

No — it gives you the text content, not a pixel-perfect copy of the page. Columns, tables, and exact positioning aren't reproduced as a visual layout, since the output is editable text. If you need the formatted document, keep the original PDF and use this tool only for the words.

Extract in smaller page ranges rather than the whole document at once, and only enable OCR for the pages that are actually scanned. OCR is memory-intensive, so chunking (for example, pages 1–25, then 26–50) keeps the browser responsive and avoids a frozen tab on big files.