PDF Extract Text

Pull all text out of a PDF as plain text.

Drop a PDF to extract its text

Runs locally. Nothing leaves your browser.

Works on PDFs that contain real text. Scanned PDFs (images of text) won't produce results without OCR, which this tool doesn't do.

About

Drop a PDF. Get the readable text content as plain text. Useful for grepping a document, copying out a paragraph, or pasting into a notes app. Works on text-based PDFs only (scanned PDFs need OCR).

How to use

Drop a PDF.
Wait for extraction.
Copy the text.

FAQ

Why is the output blank or garbled?+

If the PDF is a scan of paper, the text isn't actually text. It's an image of text. You need OCR (optical character recognition) for that, which this tool doesn't include.