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PDF Text Extractor & Reader

Extract and read all text content from PDF pages directly in your browser with search, copy, and TXT export.

Your files are processed in your browser and are not uploaded to our server.

Extract readable text across all pages directly in your browser. Search keywords, copy to clipboard, or export as TXT.

Open the PDF file you want to extract text from.

Browse extracted text page-by-page or search for keywords.

Copy text to your clipboard or download a clean TXT file.

Page-by-page text extraction with word counts

Interactive keyword search filter across all pages

1-click copy full document text to clipboard

Export extracted text as .txt file

Everything you need to know about this tool and data privacy.

It extracts selectable text streams. For scanned image-only PDFs, ensure OCR text was pre-rendered.

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