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Extract Text from PDF
Extract the text layer from a PDF into plain text you can copy — great for quoting, reusing or searching. Scanned/image PDFs have no text layer; use the Image OCR tool for those.
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Click or drop a PDF to extract its text
Processed locally in your browser — never uploaded.
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your data is never uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work on scanned PDFs?＋
Only on PDFs that contain real, selectable text. Scanned image-only PDFs have no text layer — use an OCR tool for those.
How is the text organised?＋
It's extracted page by page, so you can copy exactly the part you need.
Is my PDF private?＋
Yes — extraction runs in your browser via pdf.js.