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PDF to Text Converter

Pull the text out of a PDF as a plain .txt file.

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How to use

  1. 1.Select your PDF.
  2. 2.Press Extract text.
  3. 3.Preview the extracted text.
  4. 4.Download the .txt file or copy it.

About this tool

PDF to Text reads the text layer of a document and writes it out as plain text, preserving reading order page by page. It is useful for quoting, searching and feeding content into other tools.

Only documents with a real text layer work. A scanned PDF is a set of images and will produce little or no text — that needs OCR, which is not part of this version. Complex multi-column layouts may not preserve exact ordering.

Privacy

This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your file is read from disk by the page, processed with WebAssembly and JavaScript on your device, and the result is created locally. Nothing is uploaded to a PDFYoga server.

FAQ

Why is my output empty?
The PDF is probably scanned, so it contains images rather than text. OCR would be required.
Is formatting preserved?
No. The output is plain text without fonts, tables or layout.
Can I extract a single page?
Yes, a page range option is included.
When is this tool available?
It is in development and will appear here once it is reliable.