Extract text from any PDF document online for free. Works with both digital and scanned PDFs using OCR technology.
Use This Tool Free — No SignupNeed to get text out of a PDF? Whether your PDF is a digital document with selectable text or a scanned image, our tool extracts the text content so you can copy, edit, search, and reuse it. For digital PDFs, text extraction is straightforward — the tool reads the text layer directly. For scanned PDFs and images, OCR technology recognizes the printed characters and converts them to editable text. The extracted text maintains paragraph structure and reading order, making it easy to work with. This tool is invaluable for repurposing content from PDFs into other formats, pulling quotes from documents, creating text versions of visual documents, feeding PDF content into other applications, and making documents searchable. Upload any PDF and get clean, usable text back in seconds.
Select any PDF document — digital or scanned — from which you need to extract text.
The tool reads digital text or applies OCR to scanned content automatically.
Get the extracted text for editing, searching, or use in other applications.
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All files are transferred over HTTPS encryption. Your data stays private.
Uploaded files are automatically deleted from our servers after processing.
Browser-based tool works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android — any device.
Most conversions complete in under 30 seconds, even for large files.
Yes. Digital PDFs have text extracted directly. Scanned PDFs use OCR for text recognition.
Basic paragraph structure and reading order are maintained. Complex formatting converts to plain text.
The tool extracts text from all pages. You can then use what you need from the output.