Convert your .pdf files to .txt format online. No software to install.
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Drag and drop your .pdf file or click to browse.
Select TXT as your output format.
Click Convert and download your .txt file.
Converting PDF to plain text strips all formatting and extracts just the raw text content. This is useful for data processing, text analysis, or when you need the content without any formatting overhead.
PDF (Portable Document Format, introduced in 1993) uses Flate, JPEG, JPEG2000, JBIG2, CCITT for embedded content compression. TXT (Plain Text File, introduced in 1963) uses None compression. PDF browser support: Universal (built-in PDF viewers in all major browsers). TXT browser support: Universal.
The quality impact depends on the specific settings used during conversion. TXT preserves full quality with lossless compression.
Typical PDF file size: A 10-page text document: ~100-300 KB; with images: ~1-10 MB. Typical TXT file size: A 10,000-word document: ~50-60 KB.
For the best conversion results, always start from the highest quality source file available. Converting from a previously compressed file compounds any existing compression artifacts. When in doubt, use higher quality settings — you can always re-convert at lower quality later, but you cannot recover quality that has been lost.
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Convert files from any device: desktop, tablet, or phone. No software to install, works in any modern browser.
SquishConvert supports over 358 file conversion combinations across images, documents, audio, and video.
Your converted .txt file maintains the best possible quality. No unnecessary compression or quality loss.
Free account: 10 conversions a month. Pro: 100 a month.
It depends on the file size and on the queue at our provider. Small files usually take a few seconds.
Your file is sent over an encrypted connection to our provider CloudConvert, which converts it and deletes it after the conversion, within 24 hours at most. Details in our Privacy Policy.
Free users can convert files up to 10 MB. Pro users can convert files up to 500 MB.