Pull all text from any PDF instantly. Edit, copy, or download as .txt. Entirely browser-based — no file upload.
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Extract all text from a PDF document — great for copying content from locked PDFs, processing document data, or preparing text for editing. Digital PDFs extract instantly; scanned PDFs use browser-based OCR.
Text extraction uses PDF.js to parse document content in-browser. Your documents stay on your device.
Upload the PDF to extract text from.
Click Extract Text — digital PDFs process instantly.
Read the extracted text in the preview panel.
Copy to clipboard or download as a .txt file.
Scanned PDFs (images) require OCR. The tool attempts OCR using Tesseract.js — results depend on scan quality.
Text from digital layers is extracted; image regions are processed via OCR if available.
Text layout is approximate — exact formatting (columns, tables) may not be preserved.
Unlock the PDF first using Unlock PDF, then extract.
Digital PDFs: yes. Scanned PDFs: OCR accuracy depends on scan quality.