Convert PDF to Word Online — Free
Pull the text out of your PDF into an editable Word document you can open in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Honest note: this converts extracted text — layout, images and tables aren't preserved.
Drag & drop your PDF here
or click to browse — files stay on your device
Files never leave your deviceHow to convert a PDF to Word
- Drop your PDF into the box above (or click to browse).
- Click Convert to Word — text is extracted page by page.
- Download the .doc file and edit it in Word or Google Docs.
About this free PDF to Word converter
You have a PDF but need to actually edit the words — fix a typo in a contract draft, reuse a paragraph in a report, translate a document. This tool extracts the text from every page and builds a Word-compatible .doc file with the text organized page by page, ready to edit in Microsoft Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. It runs entirely in your browser, so the document is never uploaded.
The honest version: this is a text extraction, not a magic layout clone. Fonts, colors, columns, images and tables don't carry over — you get clean, editable text in reading order. Scanned PDFs are just pictures of text, so pages with no real text come back empty; run those through the free OCR tool first, then convert the result. If you need pixel-perfect layout preservation, a desktop converter is the better tool for that job.
Frequently asked questions
Will my formatting survive the conversion?
No. You get the plain text in reading order, organized by page — fonts, colors, columns, images and tables are not preserved. It's built for editing the words, not cloning the design.
What about scanned PDFs?
Scanned pages contain no real text, so they convert to empty pages. Extract the text first with the free Image-to-Text (OCR) tool, then work with the result.
Which programs open the .doc file?
Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and most other word processors open it normally, on desktop and mobile.