PDF to Text Converter

Convert PDF to plain text in your browser — every page extracted in order, with page markers. Scanned PDFs cannot be converted.

100% FreeNo sign-upPrivate — runs in your browser

Your file never leaves this device — everything runs in your browser.

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pages extracted

Pages
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Characters
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Output
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Plain text with page markers.

Done

How to use this tool

1
Choose your PDF

Pick a PDF with a real text layer.

2
Convert

Press Process — text is extracted page by page.

3
Download

Save the .txt and use it anywhere.

Formula & worked example

Text is extracted from every page in reading order and joined with a page marker before each page.

A PDF manual becomes a .txt file you can search, quote or feed into other tools.

Limitations — read this before you rely on it

Text only: layout, fonts, tables and images are not preserved, and line breaks follow the PDF's own text flow. Scanned/image PDFs contain no text and cannot be converted.

Frequently asked questions

No — scans have no text layer. OCR the scan first.

Yes — a '— Page N —' marker starts each page.

No — the output is plain text.

Multi-hundred-page PDFs work, but very large files may take a while in the browser.

No — extraction runs entirely in your browser.