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PDF to Text Converter — Free

Copy text out of any PDF with PdfWord's free PDF to Text tool — the full document contents download as a clean .txt file, ready to edit or search.

Unlike most online converters, PdfWord processes your files entirely in your browser — nothing is ever uploaded to a server. There are no accounts, no daily limits, no watermarks, and every tool is free forever.

PDF to Text Converter — Free

Extract all readable text from a PDF into a clean .txt file.

Drop a PDF file hereor click to browse

How to convert PDF to text: upload any text-based PDF and download its full contents as a .txt file — ready to copy, edit, or search. Note: scanned image-only PDFs contain no selectable text to extract.

How to convert PDF to text

  1. Open the PDF to Text tool
  2. Upload your PDF
  3. Click Extract Text
  4. Download the .txt file

Frequently asked questions

Does it work on scanned PDFs?

Scanned image-only PDFs contain no selectable text; text-based PDFs extract perfectly.

Is my document uploaded?

No — extraction happens in your browser.

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