PDF to Text
Pull all text into a plain .txt file.
Pull all text out of a PDF into a plain .txt file — for quoting, translation, analysis or feeding to other software.
Extraction runs in your browser and preserves reading order page by page. Note: it extracts real text layers; scanned images without OCR contain no text to extract.
How it works
Drop a PDF into the box above.
Text is extracted page by page, locally.
Download the .txt file.
Why this tool
Clean plain text
No styles, no boxes — just the text, with page breaks marked, ready for any editor.
Whole document at once
A 300-page report extracts in seconds, because nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Private by default
Contracts and drafts stay on your machine during extraction.
Frequently asked questions
Why did my scan produce an empty file?
A scanned page is a photo — it has no text layer. Run the file through our OCR PDF tool first; it adds a real text layer, and extraction will work.
Is the layout preserved?
Plain text keeps reading order and paragraph breaks but drops columns, tables and styling — that is the nature of .txt.
What encoding is the output?
UTF-8, which handles every language and opens correctly in modern editors.
Is my PDF sent anywhere?
No — extraction happens in your browser.