About the PDF to Text
Copying text from a PDF viewer often breaks lines and mixes columns. This tool extracts the text page by page into a clean text box that you can edit, copy or download.
It works with PDFs that contain real text, such as documents exported from Word. For scanned PDFs that are only images, use our Image to Text (OCR) tool.
How to use the PDF to Text
- Upload your PDF.
- Optionally enter specific pages.
- Click Extract text.
- Copy the text or download it as .txt.
When is it useful?
- Reuse text from reports and articles
- Copy content from e-books and manuals
- Prepare text for translation
- Search and edit PDF content in a text editor
Why use PandaToolDesk?
Private by design. The PDF to Text runs completely inside your browser. Your files are never uploaded to our servers, so nobody else can see them — not even us.
Free with no limits. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit. Use it as often as you like on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android or iPhone.
Fast results. Because there is nothing to upload, even large files are processed quickly — the speed depends only on your own device.
Frequently asked questions
Why is no text found?
The PDF is probably a scan (images of pages). Convert pages to images with PDF to JPG and use Image to Text.
Is formatting kept?
Only plain text is extracted; fonts and layout are not.
Does it support other languages?
Yes, any language stored as text in the PDF is extracted.