PDF to Text Converter

Upload a PDF and get its plain text — clean and copyable, with no formatting codes. Text-based PDFs work best. Converted in memory, never stored.

Choose a filePDF files up to 15 MB. Scanned image-only PDFs won't have selectable text.

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Frequently asked questions

This returns raw plain text with no heading or formatting markup — ideal when you just need the words.

Only PDFs with a real text layer. Scanned images without text can't be extracted without OCR.