Convert PDF to text
Free, instant, and private. The conversion runs entirely in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded anywhere.
Drop a PDF here, or click to choose a file
Text is extracted in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
0 bytes leave your deviceextracted.txt
Why this converter
- Nothing is uploaded. Most online converters send your document to their servers. This one parses the PDF on your own device, so contracts, statements, and personal records stay with you.
- No sign-up, no limits. No account, no email, no watermarks, no daily quota, no file-size games.
- Reads scans too. Built-in OCR handles scanned documents. Even the OCR engine is served from this site itself — no third-party servers are ever involved.
- Works offline once loaded. Because there is no server step, the page keeps working even if your connection drops.
- Free. The tool is supported by unobtrusive ads on the informational pages, never by selling your data — there is no data to sell.
How to use it
Drop a PDF onto the box above (or click it to pick a file). The text is extracted page by page and appears in an editable panel, where you can copy it to the clipboard or download it as a .txt file. TickPreserve layout to keep columns and simple tables aligned with spaces, the way they appear on the page. If your PDF is a scan — a photo of a paper document with no selectable text — the tool offers a one-click OCR step that also runs entirely on your device.