Extract every word from your PDF and download it as a plain .txt file.
or drop files here
Copy-paste from a PDF often mangles the words — this pulls the text layer out cleanly into a .txt file you can search, edit, or feed to another tool.
Load the PDF with a drag or via Choose Files.
Run the extraction; the text layer is read page by page.
Review the output text in the results panel.
Download the .txt file or copy the text straight to your clipboard.
Page-by-page extraction into plain text, handled locally in your browser.
Words stored inside the PDF are pulled out cleanly, page by page.
The output is bare .txt you can search, paste and compare, with no layout markup in the way.
Grabbing text by hand from a PDF scrambles line breaks; the extraction pass keeps them readable.
If a document is image-only, the extraction comes back thin, which tells you the page needs OCR.
The document is processed locally, which matters for contracts and internal paperwork.
Scanned pages are pictures of text, not text itself, so there is no layer to extract. Run the file through OCR software first, then convert it here.
If the document allows printing or copying, the text layer is usually reachable. Files locked against copying may return nothing at all.
Extraction follows the visual layout of the page, so columns and tables can interleave. Expect to tidy up documents with complex page structure.
Characters stored as proper text come through intact. Symbols drawn as graphics, such as logos or chart labels, cannot be recovered this way.
The tool works in all modern browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari and Opera. We recommend keeping your browser up to date for the best experience.
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