Extract Text from PDF Free — TXT & Markdown

Copy every word out of a PDF as plain text — or as structured Markdown with headings and lists, ready for notes and AI tools.

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How to use Extract Text / Markdown

What is the Markdown export good for?

Notes, docs, and feeding LLMs: headings, lists, and emphasis are reconstructed from the layout.

The PDF is a scan — why is there no text?

Scans are pictures of text. Run OCR first to recognize it, then extract.

Is formatting preserved?

Structure (headings, lists) is preserved in Markdown mode; exact fonts and layout are not.