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PDF to Text

Pull out all the text from your PDF so you can copy, edit or search it. The result is downloaded as a plain text file.

Select a PDF file
Click Extract text
Download the .txt file

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Frequently asked questions

Does it work with scanned PDFs?

Scanned documents contain images, not text, so no text can be extracted without OCR.

Is formatting preserved?

Only plain text is extracted; fonts and layout are not kept.

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