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Unlocked PDFs with selectable text. The download is a .txt file. Conversion stays in this browser.

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Convert a PDF file to text

Convert a PDF file to a text file in your browser. No signup, page text is kept, and the file stays on your device.

What is a PDF to TXT converter?

A PDF to TXT converter takes a PDF and saves it as a plain text file. People use it to convert a PDF to TXT, turn a PDF into a text file, or export a PDF document as .txt. This page does that in the browser: you upload an unlocked PDF and download one text file. Each page that contains text is labeled. Pictures and the original page layout are left out.

PDF to TXT converter features

Save a PDF as a plain text file.

  • PDF to TXT

    Upload a PDF and download a .txt file with the page text.

  • A text file

    The download is plain text, so a text editor can open it.

  • Pages stay labeled

    Each PDF page that has text is marked in the file.

  • Browser-side conversion

    The document stays on your device. No account is required to convert PDF to TXT.

How to convert PDF to TXT

Three steps from a PDF to a text file.

  1. Add the PDF

    Drop an unlocked PDF. The converter reads the text layer in your browser.

  2. Convert to TXT

    Click Convert to TXT. The words from each page are written into one file.

  3. Download the text file

    Save the .txt file and open it in any text editor.

Tips for PDF to TXT

Get a cleaner text file from a PDF.
  • 01

    Use a text PDF

    The converter reads selectable text. A scan of a page has no text layer to convert.

  • 02

    Use an unlocked file

    Encrypted PDFs are rejected. Open the file and save a copy without a password first.

  • 03

    Expect plain lines

    The text file follows the words on each page. It does not copy the PDF layout.

  • 04

    Keep it within the limits

    Each PDF can be up to 20 MB. Only the first 200 pages are included.

Great for

Reasons to save a PDF as a text file.

  • A copy you can edit

    Turn a PDF into a .txt file you can paste into another document.

  • A long text PDF

    Keep each page of text labeled in one file.

  • A document you can select

    Use a PDF whose text you can already highlight.

  • A private conversion

    Build the text file on your device when you do not want to upload the PDF.

Why use this converter

A focused PDF to TXT path in the browser.

  • Free to use

    Convert PDF to TXT with no signup and no watermark on the download.

  • Private by default

    Reading the PDF and writing the text file stay in the browser.

  • No install

    Open the page, add the file, and download. A text editor is enough to read the result.

  • Page text kept

    The words from each PDF page are written into the .txt file.

Technical details

How this PDF to TXT conversion works.
Input
An unlocked PDF up to 20 MB. The first 200 pages are read. Encrypted files are rejected.
Output
A plain text file (.txt), encoded as UTF-8. Each PDF page with a text layer is labeled.
What is left out
Pictures, columns, and the PDF page layout are left out. A scanned PDF with no text layer is rejected.
Where it runs
The PDF text is read and the text file is written locally in the browser. The file is not uploaded for conversion.

Sources & References

References for the PDF this converter reads and the text file it writes.
  • “PDF is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.”
    — Wikipedia — PDF

    PDF — Portable Document Format: This tool reads the text layer of that PDF. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF

  • “In computing, plain text is a loose term for unformatted text or nontextual data represented as text (e.g. file contents) using printable characters (for example letters, digits, symbols, spaces, tabs, line breaks) in a character encoding.”
    — Wikipedia — Plain text

    Plain text: The download is that kind of file, a .txt document. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text

Frequently Asked Questions

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