Support
PDF & Documents / Extract Text from PDF

Browse by category

All categories

Extract Text from PDF

Extract all text content from PDF documents into plain text or structured format. Keep the original. This tool downloads a clean copy alongside it.

1
Select PDF
Drop the PDF you want text out of, or click to choose a file
2
Extract text
Text is automatically extracted from all pages
3
Copy or download
Copy extracted text to clipboard or download as a TXT file

Drop your file here or click to browse

Drop a PDF here or click to browse — up to 100 MB

Local compute

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it extract text from scanned PDFs?

For scanned PDFs, use our PDF OCR tool which uses optical character recognition to read text from images.

Does this preserve bookmarks and form fields?

The PDF is read-only here — text is extracted, the source file and its structure stay exactly as you opened them.

What PDF versions are supported?

Text extraction works on PDF 1.0 through 2.0. Tagged PDFs (1.4+) extract with proper reading order; older files use the position of each text run on the page to determine order.

This tool is free thanks to our sponsors. Support Loft Tools