PDF to Text Converter

Extract editable text from a PDF, including scanned/image-based PDFs via OCR.

Most PDFs already contain a real text layer, so this extracts that instantly and for free. Only if a PDF turns out to be a scan with no text layer does it offer OCR instead, running entirely in your browser and capped at the first 5 pages for speed. This shares its OCR engine with Image to Text OCR.

1 · UPLOAD PDF

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Drop a PDF here, or click to browse
Processed entirely in your browser first
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Your extracted text will appear here.

What this tool does

This pulls the actual text out of a PDF so you can copy, search, or edit it — either instantly from the PDF's own built-in text layer, or, for scanned documents with no text layer, by reading the page images with OCR.

How it works

  1. Upload the PDF you want text from.
  2. The tool reads its built-in text layer instantly, for free.
  3. If the PDF turns out to be a scan with no text layer, you can optionally run OCR on it instead.
Example: Upload a 10-page contract PDF exported from Word, and get back all 10 pages of text instantly — no OCR needed, since the text layer was already there.
Yes. The pdf to text converter is completely free, with no signup, no watermark, and no limit on how many times you use it.
No installation is needed — it runs entirely in your browser, on desktop or mobile, and works the same way on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.
It handles PDF upload -> extracted text. If your file is in a different format, use the PDF converter tools linked from this page first.
Your file is used only to generate your result for this one task. It is not stored long-term, shared, or used for anything else.
Yes — "pdf to text converter" and "extract text from pdf" describe the same task. This page is built to handle that search directly, without redirecting you elsewhere.