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OCR PDF
Recognise text in scanned PDFs and images — English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Italian.
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Extract Text from PDF
Pull the text out of a PDF to reuse it in notes, emails, code or AI tools. Choose plain text or Markdown, keep page breaks if you need them, and copy or download the result.
- Runs in your browser — no upload
- Free — no sign-up
How to use PDF to Text
- 1Open the PDF.
- 2Choose plain text or Markdown and whether to include page separators.
- 3Copy the extracted text or download it as a file.
Why use PDF to Text on PDF NOVA
Files stay on your device
Processing happens in your browser. Your document is never uploaded to a server, so there is nothing to delete afterwards.
Copy-ready output
Text is joined into readable lines and paragraphs instead of the broken fragments you get from copy-and-paste.
No sign-up, no watermark
Open the page and start working. Results are clean PDFs with no branding added.
Processing on your device
PDF to Text processes your file in your browser on your device. The file is not uploaded for processing. Download the result to keep a permanent copy. Your active PDF is saved locally in this browser for recovery across refreshes. Close Document removes it; recovery expires after 24 hours and is cleaned up when PDF NOVA next opens. Unsaved changes are not restored.
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Frequently asked questions
Is PDF to Text free?
Yes. PDF to Text is free to use without an account and does not add a watermark to your file.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. This tool runs entirely in your web browser using JavaScript and Web Workers. The file is read from your device, processed in memory and saved back to your device.
Why is no text found in my PDF?
The PDF is probably a scan, which contains images rather than text. Use OCR PDF to recognise the text first.