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Convert PDF to text

Get the text inside a PDF as plain, unformatted text, ready to paste into a notes app, an email or another program.

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How it works

  1. 1Choose your PDF or drop it here.
  2. 2Text (.txt) is preselected; press Export.
  3. 3Download the text file.

The easy way to copy text out of a PDF

Copy a long passage from a PDF and lines break in odd places and page numbers sneak in. The PDF to text tool writes the text of all pages, in order, into one .txt file, with a page heading before each page.

The file is saved as UTF-8, so accented and Turkish characters display correctly everywhere. Feed the text to a translator, a notes app or an AI assistant.

Scanned PDFs have no selectable text; recognise it with the OCR tool first. To keep the formatting, use PDF to Word instead.

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Questions

How do I copy text from a PDF?
Drop the PDF here and press Export. Open the downloaded .txt file and copy the part you need.
Can it extract text from a scanned PDF?
Recognise the text with the OCR tool first, then convert to text.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. Processing happens in your browser, on your own device; your files are never sent to Quillo servers or anywhere else. Nothing is left behind when you close the page.
Are tables kept?
Plain text has no table lines. For tables, use PDF to Excel or PDF to Word.

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