Extract text from PDF
Copy text from PDFs that already have a text layer — in your browser, without uploading the file. Scanned? We'll take you to OCR.
Drop a PDF here
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How it works
1
Upload the PDF
One file at a time.
2
We read it
Right in the browser.
3
Copy or download
Text as .txt.
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Frequently asked questions
How to extract text from a PDF for free?
Upload the PDF and the text is read and made available for you to copy or download. Extracting text from PDF is free, no registration required, and done entirely in the browser.
Can I extract text from a scanned PDF?
This tool extracts text that already exists embedded in the PDF; scanned (image-only) documents have no selectable text. For these cases, the professional OCR from OCR Nerd recognizes text from scanned pages with much higher accuracy.
Is extracting text from PDF online safe?
It's safe: the PDF is not sent to any server, the text reading happens locally in your browser. That's why you can extract text from confidential documents for free and without registration.