Handybin

Extract Text

Pull every word out of a PDF into a plain text file.

Drop a PDF hereor click to browse

How it works

  1. 1Drop in the PDF you want to pull text from.
  2. 2Hit extract.
  3. 3Download the .txt file.

Questions people ask

Does this preserve formatting?

No — it outputs plain text, page by page. If you need formatting preserved, try PDF to Word instead.

Will it work on a scanned PDF?

Only if the PDF already has a text layer. Scanned pages with no text layer need OCR first.

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No — text extraction happens locally in your browser.