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BrowserUtil

PDF to Text Extractor

Extract text from PDF documents in your browser. Select page ranges, customize formatting, inspect statistics, and export to TXT locally.

Select or Drop PDF File

Drop a local .pdf file here, or click to browse. 100% processed in your browser.

Extracted Text

Characters: 0Words: 0Lines: 0Est. Reading: —
100% Local: Processing runs in your browser tab. No file or text is ever uploaded.
Powered by open-source:Mozilla pdf.jsApache-2.0&Tesseract.jsApache-2.0
100% Client-Side & Private

How to use

  1. 1 Select or drop a local PDF file, or click 'Load Sample' for an instant preview.
  2. 2 Choose all pages or specify a custom page range (e.g. 1-3, 5), and configure formatting options.
  3. 3 Click 'Extract Text' to extract, then copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

Features

  • 100% client-side text extraction powered by Mozilla pdf.js
  • Flexible page range selection (all pages, specific pages, or custom ranges)
  • Clean formatting options: preserve line breaks, merge paragraphs, normalize spacing
  • Real-time word/character statistics and one-click TXT download

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded to any server?

Yes! BrowserUtil runs Mozilla's pdf.js entirely inside your browser tab. Your PDF file is processed in local memory and is never uploaded to any server or third party.

Why does my scanned PDF show no text?

Standard PDF parsers extract embedded vector text streams. If your PDF is composed of scanned photos or camera images without an OCR text layer, text cannot be detected. In that case, an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool is required.

Is there a file size or page limit?

Because processing happens directly on your device, the file size limit depends on your computer's memory. PDFs with hundreds of pages or tens of megabytes parse smoothly on modern browsers.

Can I preserve or remove line breaks?

Yes, you can toggle 'Preserve line breaks' to retain original visual lines, or use 'Merge lines into paragraphs' to unwrap single lines into clean readable paragraphs.

What open-source libraries power this tool and what are their licenses?

This tool is powered by Mozilla pdf.js (Apache License 2.0) for vector text extraction and Tesseract.js (Apache License 2.0) for WebAssembly-based OCR. Both are permissive open-source libraries that execute 100% locally in your browser.

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