Free Online PDF Text Extractor & Search
Get the text out of a PDF and search it as you type. Matches are highlighted on the page, and you can copy a page of text or export everything as TXT or JSON. Your PDF is read in your browser, never uploaded.
How to use Extract Text
- Open Extract Text and choose your PDF.
- Read the text of each page in the side panel, next to the page itself.
- Type a word in the live search box to highlight every match.
- Copy the page text, or download the text as .TXT or .JSON.
Features
See every match highlighted as you type, across all pages.
Read and copy the text of the current page or the whole document.
Save plain text for notes, or structured JSON for developers and data work.
See how many words and characters each page contains.
Text is read instantly with no waiting for uploads.
The PDF is read inside your browser and never sent anywhere.
When to use it
Copying text from a PDF by dragging across lines often breaks words, mixes columns or misses pages. The text extractor gives you the clean text of each page so you can quote a passage, reuse content in a new document, check how often a word appears, or feed the text into another program. The live search is also a quick way to find a name, amount or date in a long document without reading every page. Results stay on your device, so it is safe to use with private documents.
Frequently asked questions
Can I copy text from a PDF that will not let me select it?
If the PDF contains real text, the extractor shows it so you can copy it. If the page is a scanned picture, there is no text inside to extract.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Scanned pages are images, so they have no text layer. The Translate PDF tool can read scanned English, Bengali and Hindi pages with text recognition.
What is JSON export for?
JSON keeps the text page by page in a structured format. Programs, scripts and data tools can import it easily, which makes it useful for developers and research work.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The text is read by your browser on your device.
Is there a size limit?
No fixed limit. Very large PDFs depend on your device memory.