Is my PDF uploaded when I extract its text?

No. The text is read in your browser with PDF.js. Your file never leaves your device.

Why does my scanned PDF return no text?

A scanned PDF is images of text, so it has no text layer to copy. Reading scans needs OCR, which is coming to pdf2kit.

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Pull the text out of a PDF into a plain text file, right in your browser. No uploads, no account, and your file never leaves your device.

Runs in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.

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This tool reads the PDF text layer on your device. Need to merge, split, rotate or convert pages to images? Open the full PDF workspace or try PDF to JPG or PNG.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser. Your file never leaves your device.

My scanned PDF returns nothing. Why?

A scan is images of text, so there is no text layer to copy. Reading scans needs OCR, which is coming to pdf2kit.