Extract Text from PDF
Export all text content from your PDF as plain text. Copy to clipboard or download as a .txt file. 100% in your browser, your files never leave your device.
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Every competitor uploads your file to their server. Ours never does — text extraction happens entirely in your browser.
| Feature | SmallPDF | iLovePDF | Sejda | PDF24 | Adobe | Ours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free & unlimited | ✗ 2/hr | ✗ Daily | ✗ 3/hr | ✓ | ✗ Paid | ✓ |
| No account needed | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Files stay in browser | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No ads or interruptions | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Copy to clipboard | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Download as .txt | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Page-by-page text | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editable text output | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| PDF preview side-by-side | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Word & char count | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No file size limit | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ 50MB | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Competitor information was accurate at time of publication and may have changed.
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