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PDF to text

Pull the text out of a PDF so you can copy or search it.

We process your file on our server, then delete it after 6 hours

You get the file's full text in a box you copy from. It works on PDFs that carry text, not on scanned pages.

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How to use it

  1. 1Upload the PDFPick the file whose text you want to read, or drag it into the box.
  2. 2We read its textWe pull out the text exactly as it is written inside the file and show it on screen.
  3. 3Copy it or download itCopy the text from the screen, or download it as a single text file.

When it helps

Copying from a PDF is often awkward or blocked. Extracting the text gives you a clean copy to reuse in a document, an email, or a search.

Common questions

Does this work on scanned PDFs?

Not yet. A scanned page is an image with no text layer, so there is nothing to copy out. An image-to-text (OCR) tool is on the way.

What do I get back?

The text shown on screen to copy, plus a .txt download. A very long document comes back as a .txt file to download.

Is my file kept private?

We use it only to read out your text. The result is removed after 6 hours, and it isn't shared with anyone else.

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