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Extract text from a PDF — without uploading

Copy or download all the text in your PDF. Extracted on your device by Mozilla's pdf.js — the file never touches a server.

100% private — files never leave your device

How it works

  1. 1

    Drop a PDF — extraction starts immediately.

  2. 2

    Review the text with page markers.

  3. 3

    Copy it to the clipboard or download it as .txt.

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Frequently asked questions

Is my document uploaded to extract the text?

No. Text is read directly from the PDF by Mozilla's pdf.js running in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Why is no text found in my PDF?

Scanned documents are just pictures of text — there's no text layer to extract. Use our OCR tool for those; it recognizes the characters on your device.

What output do I get?

Plain text with page separators, ready to copy to the clipboard or download as a .txt file.