PDF to TXT Converter Online

Need to extract text from a PDF? Our free PDF to TXT converter extracts all text content from your PDF and delivers a clean plain text file — no formatting, no hidden characters, ready to use anywhere. No software installation, no account required.

PDF files can contain text-based content or image-based content. For text-based PDFs, extracting the text is straightforward. For image-based or scanned PDFs, OCR is required to read the text from the images. Our converter handles both cases.

Why Extract Text from PDF?

Content extraction for CMS import is a common use case. Editors who need to paste PDF content into a CMS benefit from clean plain text without formatting artifacts.

Data processing workflows need plain text input. Scripts, pipelines, and automated systems that process document text work with plain text. Extracting from PDF to TXT makes the content accessible.

Search indexing requires text content. Making PDF content searchable often involves extracting the text first.

What Is Extracted

For text-based PDFs, all readable text is extracted in reading order — body text, headings, list items, table cell content, captions, headers, and footer text. Tables are output as tab-separated rows.

For image-based or scanned PDFs, OCR is applied to read the text from the images. The extracted text is then delivered as plain text.

All formatting is stripped. Images and visual elements are not included in the text output.

How to Convert PDF to TXT

Upload your PDF by clicking the upload button or dragging it into the upload area. The converter extracts text content and produces a TXT file. Download the result and open it in any text editor or import it directly into your system. Your file is deleted from our servers after download.