PDF Text Extractor
Pull all the text out of a PDF into plain, copyable text, useful for quoting, searching, or repurposing content locked inside a PDF document.
About the PDF Text Extractor
A PDF text extractor pulls all the readable text out of a PDF document into plain text, useful for quoting, searching, or repurposing content that's otherwise locked inside a PDF.
How to use
1
Upload a PDF.
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Wait for the text to be extracted from every page.
3
Copy the text, or download it as a plain .txt file.
Frequently asked questions
Will this work on a scanned PDF that's just an image?
No, this extracts text that's already embedded as selectable text in the PDF. A scanned document saved as an image has no underlying text layer to extract.
Does the extracted text preserve the original formatting?
No, this pulls out the raw text content page by page. Layout, columns, and formatting from the original PDF aren't preserved.
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