Extract Text from PDF

Convert PDF documents to plain text format. Extract all text content from your PDFs into simple, editable TXT files.

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Extract all text content from PDF

How to Extract Text from PDF

  1. Upload your PDF file
  2. Select extraction options
  3. Click "Extract Text"
  4. Download your text file

About Text Extraction


Sometimes you just need the text content from a PDF without any formatting. Our PDF to text converter extracts all readable text into a simple TXT file.

The extraction process reads text from all pages and maintains basic paragraph structure. Multi-column layouts are intelligently merged into readable text flow.

Headers, footers, and page numbers can be included or excluded based on your preference. The output is clean, unformatted text ready for editing or processing.

This tool works with digitally created PDFs and can handle complex documents with mixed content. For scanned documents, use our OCR tool first.

The extracted text can be easily copied, edited, or used in other applications. It's also much smaller than the original PDF.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is formatting preserved?
Basic paragraph structure is maintained, but detailed formatting (fonts, colors, etc.) is not included in plain text.
What about images and tables?
Only text is extracted. Images are not included, and tables are converted to plain text.
Can I extract from scanned PDFs?
Scanned PDFs need OCR processing first. Our OCR tool can make them readable.
What file format is the output?
Output is a plain TXT file that opens in any text editor.
How are multi-column documents handled?
Text is extracted in reading order, intelligently merging columns.