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PDF to Text Extract All Text Instantly

Extract all text from any PDF as a plain .txt file. Searchable, copyable, editable. Free, no upload.

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How to Extract Text from PDF Online — Free

Extracting text from a PDF is instant and free with Doclair. No software to install, no account required, and your files never leave your browser.

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Upload your PDF by clicking Drop your PDF here or dragging it into the upload area.

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Click Extract Text to process your PDF. A progress indicator shows the current page being processed.

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Download the extracted .txt file or click Copy all text to copy directly to your clipboard.

Extract text from scanned PDFs

Scanned PDFs contain images of pages, not actual text characters. To extract text from a scanned document, you first need to run optical character recognition (OCR) to add a text layer. Use the OCR PDF tool first, then come back here to extract the recognised text as a plain .txt file.

Copy text from a PDF to Word or Excel

Click Copy all text in the preview panel, then paste directly into Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Excel, or any other application. The clipboard contains the full plain-text content of your PDF — ready to use immediately.

PDF to Text on iPhone and Android

Doclair runs entirely in your browser, so it works on any mobile device. Open the tool in Safari on iPhone or iPad, or Chrome on Android, select your PDF from Files or Google Drive, and download the extracted text file directly to your device.

Frequently Asked Questions

Text extraction is highly accurate for PDFs with a real text layer (created digitally from Word, InDesign, etc). For scanned PDFs, use OCR PDF first to add a text layer.
Scanned PDFs are images — they have no text layer to extract. Use the OCR PDF tool first to recognise the text, then you can copy or extract it.
Never. pdfjs-dist runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. No data leaves your device.
Plain UTF-8 text (.txt file). Page breaks are marked with '--- Page Break ---'. No formatting, fonts or layout is preserved — just the raw text content.
Yes. Click 'Copy all text' in the preview panel to copy the full extracted text to your clipboard instantly.
No. PDF text extraction gives you the raw characters in reading order. Tables, columns, bold/italic formatting and whitespace layout are not preserved. For formatted output, use PDF to Word instead.