How do I extract text from a PDF?

Upload your PDF, choose whether to use OCR for scanned pages, optionally set page ranges, and click Extract. Download the output as a .txt file.

Can I extract from selected pages only?

Yes. Use ranges such as 1-3,5,8-. Leave empty to extract all pages.

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) recognizes text in scanned pages or images inside PDFs, enabling copyable, searchable text.

Extract selectable text from PDFs. For scans or images, enable OCR.

PDF only. Max size depends on your server limits.

Choose PDF

Comma-separated. Spaces are ignored.

Enable OCR

OCR uses Tesseract language codes (e.g., eng, ara).

Download .txt

Extract text from PDF online — use OCR for scanned PDFs to get selectable, searchable text.

Can I extract from specific pages only?

Yes. Enter ranges like 2,5-7,10-. Leave blank to extract all pages.

When should I enable OCR?

Enable OCR if your PDF is a scan or if text cannot be selected/copied.

What file format do I get?

Plain text (.txt). Some backends may also return JSON; we convert to a .txt download.

Is it secure?

Files are processed securely on your server and removed automatically after processing.