OCR PDF — Extract Text from Scanned PDFs Free
Run optical character recognition on any scanned or image-only PDF to extract a searchable text layer. Powered by Tesseract.js running entirely in your browser via WebAssembly.
Drop a scanned PDF here
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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.
Processing time depends on the number of pages and your device. Most documents process in 10–30 seconds using Tesseract.js in your browser.