Free PDF to Word
Pull the text out of a PDF into an editable Word document you can open in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice or Pages. It keeps paragraphs and headings where it can. It runs in your browser, so your PDF is never uploaded. Free, no sign-up.
Drag and drop your PDF here
One file or several. Everything stays on your device.
Your PDF is read on your own device, never uploaded. This pulls out the text into an editable Word file, keeping paragraphs and headings where it can. It is text-focused, so exact fonts, columns and precise layout may not carry across, and scanned PDFs have no text to extract.
Convert in four steps.
Add your file, and download the result. There is no queue and no upload, because the work happens right on your device.
Add your PDF
Drag the file in or browse from your device. A text-based PDF, one you can select and copy words from, gives the best result.
It reads the text
The tool pulls the text out and rebuilds it as paragraphs, picking up headings where it can tell them apart from the body.
It builds an editable .docx
The words are laid out into a real Word document, so you can change, copy and reuse them rather than retyping from scratch.
Download and open it
Save the .docx and open it in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice or Pages. No sign-up, no watermark.
Text you can actually edit.
A real .docx
You get an editable Word file, not a picture of the page, so you can change the words.
Paragraphs and headings
The text is rebuilt into paragraphs, with headings picked up where the layout makes them clear.
Honest about limits
It is text-focused. Exact fonts, columns and precise layout may not carry across, and scanned PDFs have no text to pull.
Stays on your device
Your PDF is read in the browser, so nothing is uploaded or stored.
Put it to work.
Reuse text from a PDF
Get the words out of a report, brief or article into a document you can edit, instead of copying line by line.
Update an old document
You have the PDF but lost the original. Pull the text back into Word, make your edits, and carry on from there.
Quote and reference
Lift passages from a PDF into your own notes or draft, ready to trim, cite and build on.
Translate or rewrite
Move the text into Word or Google Docs first, then rework it, translate it, or hand it to a colleague to edit.
Fix a typo you spotted
A finished PDF has a small mistake in the wording. Get the text into an editable file, correct it, and save a fresh copy.
Start a template from a PDF
Use the text of a letter, contract or form as the starting point for your own version, without retyping the whole thing.
Working with documents at scale?
Reusing the odd PDF is quick. Pulling structured data out of thousands of documents, keeping the layout, and wiring that into your systems is a different job. That is the kind of software we build at Techliphant, on your own servers, shaped around how your business runs.
Common questions.
It takes the text out of a PDF and puts it into an editable Word document, a real .docx file. You add your PDF, the text is rebuilt into paragraphs and headings where they can be told apart, and you download a document you can open and edit in Word or Google Docs.
Yes. There is no account, no email and no watermark on the file you get back. There is no cap on how many PDFs you convert, and you can use it for personal or work documents.
No. Everything happens inside your browser, on your own device. The PDF is read and the Word file is built locally, so your document never leaves your computer or phone. That makes it safe for private and confidential files.
Yes. You get a genuine .docx, not an image or a locked file. The text sits in normal paragraphs, so you can change the words, restyle them, copy them out, or add your own, just like any document you typed yourself.
No, and it is worth being clear about this. The tool is focused on getting the text out, not on copying the layout pixel for pixel. Exact fonts, spacing, columns and precise positioning may not carry across. If you need the words in an editable form, it does that well. If you need an identical visual copy, this is not the right tool.
It keeps the text as paragraphs and marks up headings where it can detect them from the PDF. Detection is a best effort, so on some files a heading may come through as normal text, or the odd break may land in a different spot. The words themselves stay intact for you to tidy up.
Not really. A scanned PDF is usually a picture of a page rather than real text, and this tool does not do OCR, which is the step that reads text out of an image. So a scan will give you little or no selectable text. For a good result, use a PDF where you can already select and copy the words.
Only in a limited way. The text inside tables and columns is usually pulled out, but the exact grid, alignment or multi-column flow may not survive, so you may need to reset it in Word. Images and complex graphics are not carried across. The focus is the words, not the layout.
Any app that reads Word documents, including Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, Apple Pages and most other office software on desktop and mobile. It is a standard .docx, so it opens the same way as a document anyone else sent you.
A locked PDF cannot be read while the password is still on it. Open it in a PDF reader, remove or unlock the password, save an unprotected copy, and then convert that copy here.
The tool sets no fixed limit. Because it all runs in your browser, the real limit is your device memory. A very long PDF can be slow on an older phone, so if it starts to lag, try a shorter document or split the file first.
No install and no plug-in. It runs in any modern browser, so it works on a phone, tablet or computer, and the same way on Windows, mac, Linux, Android and iOS. You download the finished .docx straight to your device.
Private by design: this converter runs entirely in your browser. Your PDF is read and its text is rebuilt into a Word file on your own device, so nothing is uploaded or stored anywhere. That makes it safe for contracts, reports and confidential documents. It is text-focused, so exact fonts and precise layout may not carry across, and a scanned PDF, which is really an image of the page, has no text to extract.
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