Convert Portable Document Format files to Plain text — free, private and right in your browser.
When is it useful? PDF to TXT pulls out just the words from a PDF, without any formatting. That is useful for copying text into notes, an email, a translation tool or a program that needs plain text.
Good to know: the TXT file is saved in UTF-8, so Indian and other non-English scripts are kept where the PDF contains real text. Pictures, tables and layout are not kept. Scanned PDFs have no text inside — use OCR PDF first.
| Your PDF | Result in TXT |
|---|---|
| Text in the PDF | Copied as plain words |
| Indian and other scripts | Kept (saved as UTF-8) |
| Pictures | Not kept |
| Tables and layout | Not kept — use PDF to Word for those |
| Scanned PDF | No text inside — run OCR PDF first |
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Sometimes you only need the words: to paste them into an email, a notes app, a translation tool, a chatbot, a spreadsheet or a program. Copying from a PDF viewer often breaks lines in odd places or misses pages. A plain text file gives you all the words of the document in one clean file.
The tool reads the text of every page in reading order and saves it as a .txt file in UTF-8, which keeps Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and other scripts intact where the PDF contains real text. Formatting such as fonts, bold, colours and layout is removed, and pictures and drawings are not included.
Any PDF with selectable text works — documents created from Word, websites, e-books or software. Scanned PDFs are pictures of text and give an empty or almost empty file; run OCR PDF first to add a text layer, then convert.
Lines are broken in the middle of sentences: PDFs store text line by line; join lines in your editor or use PDF to Word, which rebuilds paragraphs. Columns are mixed: complex layouts may need manual reordering. Strange symbols appear: open the file in an editor that supports UTF-8, such as Notepad on Windows 10 or later.
Use TXT when you need raw words, PDF to Word when you need structure, and always check names and numbers after copying text somewhere important.