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PDF Extract

Take the text, images, links, attachments, form values and bookmarks embedded in a PDF, for the pages you choose. Images stay as embedded (JPEG untouched). Your PDF never leaves your device.

On-device・No upload

Your files and input are processed only inside your browser on this device and are never uploaded to our servers.

Drop files here (multiple allowed)

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PDFs are processed on your device and never uploaded.Accepts: PDFUp to 100 MB per filePaste (Ctrl+V) also works

Press “Try a sample” to open a PDF with text and a PDF with a picture, and see how the results look.

Up to 20 files at a time, 100 MB and 1,000 pages each. Up to 300 images are taken per file.

What to extract and settings

Blank = all pages. e.g. 1-3, 5, 8-. Text, images, links, form values and attachments on pages follow this range; bookmarks and document-level attachments always come from the whole file.

Extract
Text output
Save as

TXT and Markdown are split per page (no headings are guessed). JSON holds the lines of each page with coordinates (points, origin at the bottom-left).

Lines

Joining merges the line breaks inside a paragraph into one line (no space is added between Japanese characters).

Removes lines whose text (digits ignored) appears in the top or bottom 12% of at least half of the extracted pages.

Image filters

Images with identical content are taken once.

How to use

  1. Drop one or more PDFs or click “Choose files”. “Try a sample” works too.

  2. If needed, set the page range (e.g. 1-3, 5) and what to extract. After changing them, press “Extract again with these settings”.

  3. In the Text tab switch between TXT, Markdown and JSON, join or keep line breaks, and remove headers and footers (no need to extract again).

  4. In the Images tab check the original images and save them one by one or as a ZIP. Small and duplicate images can be skipped in the settings.

  5. Links, form values and bookmarks save as CSV and attachments as a ZIP. “Save everything as a ZIP” makes one bundle.

What it does

Images as embedded

Embedded JPEGs are taken byte for byte without re-compression (unlike “PDF to Images”, which renders whole pages). Other images are written as PNG. Filter by shorter side and skip images with identical content.

Page by page

Choose a page range for text, images, links and form values. Image files are named “PDF name_page_number”. JSON also carries the coordinates of every line (points). The origin is the bottom-left of the page as shown, with its crop box and rotation applied.

Line joining and header removal

Join the line breaks inside paragraphs or keep the lines as printed. Lines whose text (digits ignored) appears in the top or bottom 12% of at least half of the extracted pages are removed as headers and footers. Markdown gets page separators only; headings are not guessed.

More than text

URLs and internal links (with the target page), attachments (executables are flagged), form values as a field-name/value CSV, and the bookmark hierarchy. CSV cells are neutralised so a spreadsheet does not run them as formulas.

No upload

Everything is read inside your browser. The heavy work runs in a separate thread, with progress and a cancel button.

Use cases

  • Copy the text of a chosen page range out of a report PDF
  • Get the photos and figures in a document without losing quality
  • Collect the values filled into a PDF application form as a CSV
  • List the bookmarks (table of contents) of a contract or spec with their levels
  • Check the URLs in a PDF and the files attached to it

Supported formats

Input

PDF (.pdf, several files)

Output

Text: TXT, Markdown, JSONImages: JPEG, PNG (ZIP)Lists: CSVAttachments: original files (ZIP)

Capability matrix

FeatureSupportNotes
Page-by-page text (TXT, Markdown, JSON)SupportedFor PDFs that carry a text layer
Page rangesSupportedBookmarks and document-level attachments always come from the whole file
Embedded images (JPEG lossless)SupportedJPEG as is; other images converted to PNG
JPEG 2000 imagesPartialExtracted, but browsers may not preview them
CCITT / JBIG2 and similar image formats, stencil masksNot supportedNot extracted; the count and reason are shown
Header and footer removalSupportedSame text in the top or bottom 12% on at least half of the pages
URLs and internal linksSupported—
AttachmentsSupported—
Form valuesPartialAcroForm only. XFA forms, signatures and button values are not read
Bookmarks with levelsSupported—
OCR of scanned PDFsNot supportedTurn pages into images with “PDF to Images” and use a separate OCR tool
Table extractionNot supportedNot offered because accuracy would be poor
Password-protected PDFsNot supportedRemove the protection first
Word, Excel, ZIP and other non-PDF filesNot supportedUse “Extract Anything”

Limits & notes

  • Up to 20 files at a time, 100 MB and 1,000 pages per file.
  • Up to 300 images (400 MB in total) and 200 attachments (300 MB in total) per file, 50 MB each at most.
  • Columns and tables are read in the order the PDF stores them, which may differ from the reading order.
  • Page rotation (/Rotate) is applied, so coordinates follow the page as shown. Vertical writing and lines of rotated glyphs may not come out as clean lines.

Privacy & safety

Reading the PDF and extracting images and attachments all happen inside your browser; neither the PDF nor what is extracted is sent to a server.

FAQ

Can I extract images from a PDF without losing quality?
If the embedded image is a JPEG it is saved byte for byte without re-compression. Other images are decoded and written as PNG (lossless). Some formats such as CCITT and JBIG2 cannot be extracted.
How is this different from “PDF to Images”?
“PDF to Images” renders each whole page into a picture. This tool takes the original images and text embedded in the PDF as they are. Use this one when you want just the photos, and “PDF to Images” when you want the page as it looks.
Can I extract text from a scanned PDF?
No. A scanned PDF is one picture per page with no text layer, and OCR is not supported. The tool tells you when no text is found and points you to “PDF to Images”.
How are headers and footers detected?
Lines in the top or bottom 12% of a page whose text, ignoring digits, is the same on at least half of the extracted pages (two pages minimum) are removed. This covers page numbers and repeated labels; lines in the middle of the page are never removed. A line made only of digits is removed only when it is a page number that follows the page; numbers in tables and list markers stay.
When should I use Extract Anything instead?
Extract Anything takes PDFs, Word, Excel, HTML, ZIPs and more in one go. Use this tool when you only have PDFs and want finer control by page: ranges, form values, bookmarks and image filters.

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