Extract text from a PDF

Save selectable PDF text as a plain text file with page markers. Extract text in your browser for copying, searching or editing.

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Drag a file here or choose from your device.

PDF files · up to 100 MB per file

How to get a TXT file from a PDF

Try selecting a word in your original PDF. A selectable text layer usually means you can extract the words directly.
Open the file and choose Plain text in the export window. The TXT download separates the text with a marker for each page.
Check the reading order for columns and tables. If a scanned page has no selectable text, use PDF OCR to recognize the words in the image.

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