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Extract Text PDF to Text Extractor · Free Online

Extract all text content from any PDF into an editable plain text file.

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Accepted: .pdf · Max 200 MB

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About this tool

What is PDF to Text Extractor?

PDF text extraction pulls all text content from a PDF document into a plain text file. This is useful for copying large amounts of text, searching document content, feeding text into other applications, or archiving document content as plain text.

How to use PDF to Text Extractor

1
Upload your PDF

Select the text-based PDF you want to extract text from.

2
Click Process File

All text from every page is extracted and compiled.

3
Preview extracted text

See a preview of the first 500 characters in your browser.

4
Download TXT file

Download the complete extracted text as a plain .txt file.

Features

Why use EditPDFDoc?

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All text extracted

Every word from every page is captured

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Word count shown

See word and character count of extracted content

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Preview first

Preview extracted content before downloading

Instant extraction

Even large PDFs extracted in seconds

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it work with scanned PDFs?
No. Scanned PDFs are images — use our OCR PDF tool first to make text extractable, then use this tool.
Is all text from all pages extracted?
Yes. Text from every page is included in the output file, in page order.
What format is the output?
Plain text (.txt) format. You can open it in any text editor, Word, or Notepad.
Are images extracted?
No. Only text content is extracted. Images remain in the PDF.
Can I use extracted text in Word?
Yes. Open the .txt file and paste the content into Word, or open it directly in Word.
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