PDF to TXT
Extract clean, readable plain text from any PDF — ready for editors, databases, search engines, and AI pipelines.
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PDF to TXT
Converts to .txt · TXT compatible
Drop your file here
or click to browse · .pdf files · up to 20 MB
Output format: .txt · Plain text · Universal format
How It Works
Simple steps to get your converted file
Upload your PDF
Drag & drop or click to browse. Works with native PDFs and scanned documents (OCR). Up to 500 MB supported.
Text is extracted
Our engine reads every character — preserving reading order, paragraphs, and line breaks. Scanned pages are processed with OCR.
Download your .txt file
Get a clean, UTF-8 encoded plain text file. Paste it into any app, feed it to an AI model, or index it for search.
See the Extraction in Action
PDF on the left — clean, structured plain text on the right. Headings, paragraphs, and tables are all captured.
Q3 BUSINESS REPORT
Prepared: October 2024
──────────────────────────────
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Revenue grew 17% year-over-year,
reaching $9.8M in Q3 2024.
Operating margin expanded to 23%.
Region | Revenue | Growth
N. America | $4.2M | +18%
Europe | $2.9M | +12%
Asia Pacific| $1.8M | +31%
Reading order preserved
Text is extracted left-to-right, top-to-bottom — paragraphs stay coherent
UTF-8 output
Compatible with every editor, database, and AI/LLM pipeline
Extract Text With Confidence
From simple reports to complex scanned archives — our engine handles them all.
Reading Order Preserved
Text is extracted in natural reading order — left to right, top to bottom — so paragraphs and sections stay coherent.
OCR for Scanned PDFs
Scanned or image-based PDFs are processed with optical character recognition, turning photos of text into machine-readable characters.
Multilingual Support
Extracts text in 50+ languages including Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic (RTL), Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.
UTF-8 Encoded Output
Output is always clean UTF-8 — compatible with every code editor, terminal, database, and AI/LLM pipeline.
Batch Processing
Convert up to 20 PDFs in one session. All .txt files are packaged into a ZIP for easy download and bulk processing.
Instant Extraction
Text-based PDFs are processed in under 2 seconds. Scanned PDFs with OCR typically complete in under 10 seconds per page.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about this tool
A text-based PDF has machine-readable characters embedded — it was created digitally (Word, Google Docs, etc.). A scanned PDF is a photo of a printed page. We handle both: text-based PDFs are extracted directly; scanned PDFs go through OCR to recognise the characters.
Tables are flattened to plain text — rows become lines, columns are separated by spaces or tabs. The visual table structure is lost, but the data is all there. If you need tables preserved as structured data, use our PDF to Excel converter instead.
Not directly. You'll need to remove the password first using our Unlock PDF tool, then convert to text. Open PDFs (no password) are supported with no extra steps.
All output files are UTF-8 encoded with Unix line endings (\ ). This is compatible with Python, Node.js, all major databases, and AI/LLM APIs like OpenAI and Claude.
Yes — that's one of the most common use cases. Convert your PDF to .txt, then pass the content as context to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other model. It's much more reliable than letting the model read a raw PDF.
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