PDF to Text Converter
Extract plain text content from PDF documents instantly in your browser
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Accepted: PDF (Max 50MB)
How It Works
Upload PDF
Drag and drop your PDF file or click to browse. Files stay on your device and are never uploaded to any server.
Extract Text
Our tool uses PDF.js to parse every page of your PDF and extract all readable text content instantly.
Copy or Download
Copy the extracted text to your clipboard or download it as a plain .txt file for further use.
Why Use This Tool
100% Private
Your PDF never leaves your device. All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript.
Instant Results
No waiting for server processing. Text is extracted in seconds, even from large multi-page documents.
No Limits
Convert as many PDFs as you want. No daily limits, no file count restrictions, no signup required.
Clean Output
Get clean, well-formatted plain text with proper page separation and paragraph structure preserved.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. Your PDF is processed entirely in your browser using JavaScript (PDF.js). The file never leaves your device, ensuring complete privacy and security.
Can I extract text from scanned PDFs?
This tool extracts embedded text from PDFs. Scanned PDFs that contain only images without embedded text layer will not yield text. For scanned documents, you would need an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool.
Is there a file size limit?
The recommended maximum file size is 50MB. Since processing happens in your browser, very large files may take longer depending on your device's processing power and available memory.
What languages are supported?
The tool extracts text in any language that is embedded in the PDF, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and all Latin-based languages. The text encoding is preserved as-is from the PDF.