Extract Text from PDF in Your Browser — No Upload
Drop a PDF and get a .txt file with the text from every page — processed entirely on your device. For scanned PDFs (no text layer), use the PDF OCR tool instead. Nothing is uploaded, so privileged documents stay privileged.
Drop your PDF here
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Don't trust us — verify it yourself
Every claim on this page is auditable in 30 seconds:
- Open browser DevTools (F12 or Cmd+Opt+I).
- Switch to the Network tab and tick Preserve log.
- Run the tool with your file.
- You'll see requests for the page, library code, and ad pixels — never for your PDF.
Even better: load the page, then turn off Wi-Fi. The tool still works, because there's nowhere for the file to go.
FAQ
My PDF is a scan. Can I still get the text?
Not from this tool — there's no text layer to extract. Use PDF OCR, which reads the pixels.
Does it keep formatting?
It preserves line breaks but not fonts, tables, or columns. For visual preservation, use PDF to JPG.