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PDF to Text Converter

Extract plain text from a PDF document directly in your browser.

Upload one or more PDF files to extract their text.

Runs entirely in your browser — your PDFs are never uploaded to a server. Uses PDF.js (loaded via CDN) to extract embedded text; scanned/image-only PDFs with no text layer will produce empty or near-empty output since this doesn't perform OCR.

Frequently Asked Questions

No — it extracts embedded text layers using PDF.js; scanned/image-only PDFs with no real text layer will produce empty or near-empty output since this doesn't perform OCR.

Yes — upload multiple PDF files together, and each is processed independently with a combined ZIP download.

No — text extraction happens entirely in your browser using PDF.js. Your PDF is never uploaded anywhere.

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