PDF to Text Converter
Extract selectable text from PDF pages into a UTF-8 text file without OCR or uploading to an external conversion provider.
Your input is sent to this site only after you choose Convert on server. The conversion runs for this request and no history is saved. Upload up to 4 MiB combined; Office files have a 2 MiB limit.
Choose your file
Choose a file or load the example to see how the converter works.
How to use PDF to Text Converter
- Load the working example or provide your own input.
- Review the format options, then select Convert on server to process the input.
- Check the result and download the output file.
What this tool does
Recover selectable text from a report, document or exported PDF for searching and editing. The converter reads text items in the order supplied by the PDF engine and keeps explicit line endings where available. Pages are separated by a form-feed character so a downstream editor or script can distinguish their boundaries without adding visible page headings to the content.
Supported formats and limits
This does not perform optical character recognition. A scan containing only images can produce an empty result. Columns, ligatures and unusual font encodings can affect reading order and spacing, so compare extracted text with the original before relying on it. Password-protected PDFs are unsupported. Input is limited to 4 MiB and 200 pages; processing is stopped if it exceeds the server worker time or memory allowance.
What should I check before using the result?
This does not perform optical character recognition.
Is input uploaded?
This tool sends input to this site’s conversion API after you select Convert on server. Files use bounded workers and, when needed, private temporary folders deleted after processing or cancellation. No conversion history is saved. The converter does not upload files to a third-party conversion service.