📄 PDF to Text
Extract text from PDF documents
Extracted Text
Copy or download the extracted text
Need to copy text out of a PDF but can't select it? Upload your PDF and extract all the readable text instantly — free, no account, no server upload required.
What is a PDF to Text Converter?
A PDF to Text converter reads the text layer of a PDF document and extracts it as editable plain text. This is useful for copying content to paste elsewhere, running text through editing tools, indexing content for search, translating documents, and making PDF content accessible to screen readers or text analysis tools.
Why Use Utilo's PDF to Text Converter?
- ✓Extract all readable text from a PDF in seconds
- ✓Copy the text for use in documents, emails, or code
- ✓Download the output as a plain .txt file
- ✓Entirely browser-based — PDF never uploaded to a server
- ✓Free and unlimited, no account required
- ✓Works on any platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile
Key Features
How to Extract Text from a PDF
- 1Upload your PDF file to the tool
- 2The tool extracts all text layers automatically
- 3Review the extracted text in the output panel
- 4Click Copy All or Download TXT to save the text
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Only text-based PDFs (PDFs created digitally from Word, Google Docs, etc.) work with this tool. Scanned PDFs are images of text and require OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to extract text.
Will text formatting be preserved?
Basic text order and paragraph flow are preserved. Complex layouts (columns, tables, headers/footers) may not map perfectly to linear plain text.
Can I extract from password-protected PDFs?
No. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first before text can be extracted.
Is there a file size or page limit?
No hard limits, but very large PDFs (100+ pages) may take a few seconds longer to process. All processing happens in your browser.