Extract Text
Pull all selectable text out of a PDF as plain text.
About Extract Text
Extract Text harvests the text layer from a PDF and returns it as plain text. Works on any PDF with an embedded text layer — most office documents, web-saved PDFs, and exported reports.
For scanned PDFs (image-only), the text layer is empty — use PDF OCR first to add one.
How it works
- 1
Upload the PDF.
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Click Extract.
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Copy the extracted text or download as .txt.
When to use it
- Feed PDF content into an LLM prompt or search index.
- Pull a quote out of a long report without copy-pasting.
- Convert PDF to plain text for translation tools.
Privacy
Files are processed by the Evixpdf engine in-house with the AGPL-free MIT stack — no third-party cloud upload. Sessions auto-purge after processing.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people most often ask about Extract Text. Read the one that matches your situation — they're written to be skimmed.
1Does this work on scans?
2Is layout preserved?
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