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How to Extract Text from a PDF

Convert PDF documents to editable text with ToolkitHQ's free online PDF text extractor.

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Need to copy text from a PDF that does not allow selection? ToolkitHQ's PDF text extractor converts document pages into plain text you can edit, search, and reuse.

  1. Open the PDF text extractor

    Go to the PDF to Text tool on ToolkitHQ. The tool is free and works with most PDF documents.

  2. Upload your PDF

    Select the PDF file you want to extract text from. It works with PDFs that contain real text; scanned, image-only pages produce no text and need OCR instead.

  3. Start the extraction

    Start the extraction. The tool reads each page and converts its text into plain text.

  4. Download the text

    Download the extracted text as a .txt file that you can open, edit, and search in any text editor.

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