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Extract and copy text from a PDF
Find out page by page whether a PDF contains text that can be copied, then preview it, copy it or save it as a TXT file. Everything runs in this browser.
Why some scanned pages have no text to copy
These tools read text already stored in a PDF. A page that contains only an image needs a separate tool to recognize the words in that image. These tools cannot do that step.
Desktop app for Windows
Editing or replacing text in PDFs, including scanned pages, is done by a separate Windows app. The download page shows whether it is available yet.
The Windows installer has not been published yet. There is no download link on this site until it is.
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- The PDF is read and processed by this page on your device. It is not uploaded to a server.
- No file name, file content or extracted text is sent anywhere or recorded in statistics.
- Keep an internet connection while using these tools: program files and font data may need to load when you open a PDF. This does not upload your PDF.
- If site statistics are enabled, page visits and tool result or error categories may be recorded. Page statistics may use Cloudflare. The tool statistics exclude file names, PDF contents and extracted text.