PDF to Text
Get the words out of a PDF as plain text you can edit, search and paste anywhere.
- Free, no sign-up
- Files stay on your device
- Up to 60 MB per file
Your files
Drop your files here
Options
Add files to start.
Results
The text from your PDFs will appear here as TXT files.
Nothing is uploaded — files are processed on this device.
How to use PDF to Text
- Drop your PDF files on the upload area, or choose them — up to 10 at once.
- Choose your options.
- Press Extract text. Each file is checked first; problems are reported per file.
- Download each result, or everything at once as a ZIP.
Supported files and limits
- Accepts
- Creates
- TXT
- Limits
- Up to 10 files at once · Up to 60 MB per file, 200 MB in total · Up to 500 pages
Good for
- Quoting or reusing text from a report
- Feeding PDF text into the text cleaners or word counter
- Searching a batch of PDFs
What happens to your files
Your files are opened and processed by your own browser. They are not uploaded to TextVix or anyone else, and nothing is kept after you close the tab. Downloads are created on your device.
Related guides
Explainer
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Questions about PDF to Text
More answers in the TextVix FAQ.
Why is my result empty?
The PDF is probably scanned: its pages are pictures of text. TextVix doesn’t do OCR, so it tells you there is no selectable text.
Why are the lines broken?
PDFs store each line separately. Turn on “Join broken lines into paragraphs”.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The PDF is read and processed in your browser with PDF.js and pdf-lib. It never leaves your device.