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PDF to TXT Online

Extract text from PDF files and save it as a plain TXT file. Everything happens directly in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded to a server.

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Text extraction happens locally on your device.

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Convert PDF to TXT Online

PDF to TXT converts readable text from PDF documents into a simple plain-text file. It is useful for copying document text, processing PDF content, creating searchable text files, and working with documents in applications that support TXT files.

How to convert PDF to TXT

Choose or drop a PDF file.
Wait while the PDF pages are processed.
Download the extracted TXT file.

Private browser-based PDF conversion

FixImageFormat processes the PDF directly in your browser. The PDF is not sent to a remote conversion server, making this tool useful when working with documents that you prefer to keep on your own device.

What PDFs can be converted?

This tool works best with PDFs containing selectable text. Scanned PDFs and image-only documents do not contain a normal text layer and may require OCR before their text can be extracted.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. FixImageFormat provides PDF to TXT conversion free of charge and processes the document directly in your browser.

No. The PDF is processed locally in your browser rather than being uploaded to a conversion server.

PDFs containing selectable text work best. Scanned or image-only PDFs generally require OCR because they do not contain an actual text layer.

No. TXT is a plain-text format, so fonts, colors, images, tables, and most visual PDF formatting are not preserved. The tool focuses on extracting readable text.

The tool uses Mozilla's PDF.js library to read PDF pages and extract their available text layer directly in the browser.