Need to extract the text from a PDF? Whether you're copying content for editing, pulling data for analysis, or making a document searchable, Folium's PDF to Text tool extracts every line of text from every page — instantly, in your browser, with no file upload required.
All text from every page is extracted and shown in a scrollable preview before download.
Extracted text is organised by page number so you know exactly where each section came from.
Your PDF is read locally by pdf.js. No file is ever sent to any server.
Save the extracted text as a .txt file for use in any text editor or further processing.
Drop your PDF or click Choose File to select it from your device.
Click Extract Text. pdf.js reads each page's text layer and organises the content with page headers.
Review the extracted text in the preview box, then click Download as .txt to save it.
Extract text to paste into Word, Google Docs, or any editor for content modification.
Pull tables, lists, or data from PDF reports for further analysis in Excel or Python.
Extract text from a PDF library to make documents full-text searchable.
Convert PDF content to plain text for screen readers or accessibility tools.
Text extraction uses pdf.js — the same engine used by Firefox and Chrome to display PDFs — running entirely in your browser tab. Your PDF data is read from local storage and processed in memory. No content is ever transmitted to any external server or logged.
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