Panna

PDF to plain text

Copy all the words out of a PDF.

Free to use. No sign-up. Your files never leave your device.

How it works

  1. Choose the PDF.
  2. Press "Get the words".
  3. Copy the words from the box, or save them as a text file.

Questions people ask

It says there are no words in my PDF.

Then the PDF is a scan or a photo, which is a picture of words. Use "Make a scan searchable" to read them.

The words came out in a strange order.

That can happen with pages that have columns or tables.