How to Copy Text From an Image: Free Ways on Phone and PC
Your phone or PC can probably copy text from a picture already. Here are the free built-in methods for every device, the...
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PDF to Text Converter
Extract the text from any PDF in one click — keep the layout or join paragraphs, then copy or download.
Some pages have little or no selectable text — they are probably scanned images. Use our Image to Text (OCR) tool to read them.
Text is extracted in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded.
How it works
How to use the PDF to Text
01
Choose a PDF
Drag and drop or select.
02
Pick options
Pages, layout and page separators.
03
Copy or download
As plain text.
Features
Why use our PDF to Text?
Two layouts
Keep line breaks or reflow paragraphs.
Page range
All pages or selected ones.
Page markers
Optional “Page 1” separators.
Stats
Words and characters per document.
Fast
Large PDFs in seconds.
Private
Nothing is uploaded.
Works well with: rotate pdf, pdf to jpg, jpg to pdf, extract images from pdf — or browse all pdf tools.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Scanned PDFs contain images, not text. Use our Image to Text (OCR) tool for those.
Is formatting kept?
This tool gives plain text. For formatting use PDF to Word.
Is there a size limit?
PDFs up to about 100 MB work well.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Text is extracted in your browser.
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