Extract Text from PDF
Copy text from digital PDFs — not OCR.
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Pull selectable text from born-digital PDFs instantly. Adobe Acrobat charges for export — FileKit extracts text free on your device. For scans, use PDF OCR instead.
How to extract text from pdf
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Upload PDF
Drop a digital (not scanned) PDF.
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Extract
Text is read locally with pdf.js.
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Download
Save as .txt file.
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