Tiny Toolkit

PDF to Text — Extract Text from a PDF

Extract every page's selectable text from a PDF and get it back as one plain-text block, ready to copy or download as a .txt file. Works on PDFs with real text layers — reports, exported documents, ebooks — not on scanned images unless they've already been through OCR. Useful for pulling content into a text editor, searching a document's contents, or feeding a PDF's text into another tool.

All processing happens in your browser. No data is sent to any server.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the output empty or garbled for my PDF?
The tool extracts real text layers embedded in the PDF. If your PDF is a scanned image (a photo of a page) with no text layer, there's nothing to extract unless it's already been through OCR.
Does it preserve the original formatting?
No. Text is extracted in reading order per page without preserving fonts, columns, or layout — it's meant for getting the raw text content, not a formatted copy.
Can I extract text from just one page?
The tool extracts all pages at once, each labeled with a page marker in the output. Copy the section you need from the result.

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