Extract Text from PDF Free
Copy text from PDF documents without formatting issues. Works on any PDF with a text layer.
✓ Free✓ No Upload✓ No Watermark
Drop a PDF file to extract text
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Frequently asked questions
Everything runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device — no upload, no server, no cloud.
No artificial limit. Processing capacity depends only on your device's available memory. Desktop browsers typically handle files up to 500 MB.
Never. ILikePdf does not add watermarks to any output file, free or otherwise.
Yes. The tool works in any modern mobile browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) on Android and iPhone with no app installation.
Extract Text reads the existing text layer. For scanned PDFs without a text layer, use the OCR Searchable PDF tool first.