{
  "id": 20,
  "slug": "pdf-to-text",
  "type": "tool",
  "title": "PDF to Text — Free, In Browser",
  "summary": "Extract selectable text from a PDF to plain text. 100% in your browser — free, no sign-up, no upload.",
  "category_slug": "pdf",
  "category_name": "PDF Tools",
  "locale": "en",
  "seo": {
    "description": "Free online PDF to text extractor. Pull selectable text from a PDF in your browser. Private, no sign-up."
  },
  "data": {
    "howto": [
      {
        "step": 1,
        "text": "Choose your PDF."
      },
      {
        "step": 2,
        "text": "Click Extract text."
      },
      {
        "step": 3,
        "text": "Copy or download the text."
      }
    ],
    "sections": [
      {
        "body": "Pull the selectable text out of a PDF and copy it or download a .txt file. Runs in your browser. Scanned/image PDFs need OCR (coming later).",
        "heading": "Extract text from PDF"
      }
    ],
    "toolKind": "client",
    "clientApp": "pdf-to-text"
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-06-27T04:44:29.286Z",
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "Is it free?",
      "a": "Yes, completely free with no file limits."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is my data private?",
      "a": "Yes — this tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files and text are never uploaded."
    }
  ],
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      "slug": "pdf-to-jpg",
      "title": "PDF to JPG — Free, In Browser",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
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      "slug": "watermark",
      "title": "Watermark PDF — Free, In Browser",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
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      "title": "Compress PDF — Free, No Limits",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
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      "title": "Remove Blank Pages from PDF — Free",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "flatten",
      "title": "Flatten PDF — Free, In Browser",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "page-numbers",
      "title": "Add Page Numbers to PDF — Free",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
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      "title": "Bates Numbering — Free Online (Legal)",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sign",
      "title": "Sign PDF — Free, Unlimited Signatures",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "edit",
      "title": "PDF Editor — Free, In Your Browser",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "jpg-to-pdf",
      "title": "JPG to PDF — Free Image to PDF",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "rotate",
      "title": "Rotate PDF — Free, No Limits",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "split",
      "title": "Split PDF — Extract Pages Free",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    },
    {
      "slug": "merge",
      "title": "Merge PDF — Free, No Limits",
      "type": "tool",
      "category_slug": "pdf"
    }
  ]
}