Extract Text
Extract Text is for quotes, invoices, or notes. Selectable text comes from the PDF text layer. Pages with no text can run on-device English OCR in this tab.
Privacy and offline checks
Document processing runs locally in supported PDFForge workflows. This panel is a diagnostic view; it cannot prove that no data left the device.
Observed resource activity
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Resource timing is unavailable in this browser. Use the independent checks below.
Page timing and the active service worker report different surfaces and may observe the same request. Worker activity can be incomplete; WebSockets, request bodies and extensions are outside this view. The latest 60 sanitized observations stay in memory only. URLs, filenames, query strings, document content and byte counts are not recorded here.
Verify independently in DevTools
- Use a clean browser profile and synthetic documents. Open Network in DevTools and enable Preserve log.
- Prepare offline below. Switch Network to Offline, then reload the saved workspace and select a new file.
- Inspect, redact, run output checks and download. Inspect failed requests and request payloads, including worker requests. A same-site request can still transmit data.
- Inspect Application or Storage. Cache Storage should contain public app assets and setup records only. Document recovery and content telemetry are disabled; recipe settings are saved only after opt-in.
Offline readiness
Full workspace not prepared for offline use
English OCR not prepared for offline use
Prepare while connected to save the workspace, tools, fonts and workers. English OCR is optional. Only public app assets are saved; documents, outputs and passwords are excluded. Browser storage can be cleared or evicted. Check saved assets before disconnecting and prepare again after an app update.
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Open saved workspaceReady for local work · One heavy job at a time in this tab
Drop your PDF file here, or browse
Supports standard PDF documents • Up to 100 MB
Private by design. Document processing runs in this browser. PDFForge has no document upload API.
How it works
How Extract Text works
Extract Text is for quotes, invoices, or notes. Selectable text comes from the PDF text layer. Pages with no text can run on-device English OCR in this tab.
Guided steps
How to use Extract Text
- 1Select a PDF from your device.
- 2Optionally limit pages and leave OCR on for scans.
- 3Run Extract text.
- 4Copy what you need, then clear the file.
In this tab
What stays in this browser
The file stays in this tab.
- What this tool reads
- The text layer. Pages with no selectable text can be read with on-device English OCR.
- What the download contains
- Text you copy or download. The original PDF is unchanged.
Questions
Extract Text FAQs
Why is the result empty?
OCR may have found nothing, or it was turned off on a scan. Lighting, handwriting, and non-English pages reduce accuracy. Photograph paper with Scan Document if you need a searchable PDF.
Is extracted text uploaded for analysis?
No. Text is read with PDF.js in this browser and never sent to PDFForge servers.
Does order match the visual layout?
Order follows the PDF text layer, which can differ from how columns look on screen.
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