// free-toolPDF → TXT
PDF to Text
Drop a PDF and its selectable text is extracted page by page into one plain-text block you can copy or download as a .txt file. Extraction runs locally with PDF.js — note that scanned PDFs without a text layer contain images, not text, so OCR would be needed for those.
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Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. This tool runs entirely in your browser using local processing — your files never leave your device, which also makes conversion instant with no upload wait.
Why is the output empty for my scanned PDF?
Scanned documents are images of text, not text. This tool extracts the embedded text layer; scans without one need OCR, which is out of scope for a fully in-browser tool.
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