Free Bulk PDF to Text Converter

Pull the text out of lots of PDFs, or whole folders of them, including scanned pages if you turn on OCR. Everything happens in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Quick human check, then the tool unlocks:

Drop PDF files or whole folders here Other files in a folder are skipped.

Text style Output Between pages Line endings Read scanned pages with OCR. Slower, and the first use downloads about 15 MB.

How to convert PDF to text in bulk

Drop in your PDFs, or press Choose a folder.
Pick a text style. Tick OCR if some PDFs are scans.
Press Extract text, then download the text files or everything as one ZIP.

🔒 Your PDFs are read by your own browser and are never uploaded to our server. OCR runs in your browser too.

Which text style?

Paragraphs: joins broken lines back into paragraphs and reads two-column pages in the right order. Best for reading, searching and copying.
Keep page layout: places words where they sit on the page, so tables, invoices and forms stay lined up. View it in a monospaced font.
Markdown: marks headings with # and bold with **. Handy for notes, wikis and AI tools.
OCR is only used on pages that have no real text (scans and photos), so normal pages stay fast. Results depend on scan quality.