PDF to Word converter
Turn a PDF into an editable Word document — free, with no sign-up and no watermark. The conversion happens inside this page, on your own device, so your file is never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
Converted in your browser. The file never leaves your device.
How to convert a PDF to Word
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Choose your PDF
Drag it onto the box above, or click Choose PDF file. It is read straight from your disk into this browser tab.
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Let it convert
Every page's text is read and rebuilt as Word paragraphs and headings. A typical report takes a few seconds.
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Save the Word file
The
.docxdownload starts on its own. Open it in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice and edit it like any other document.
What you get — and what you do not
A PDF does not store a document the way Word does. It stores glyphs at coordinates on a page, which is why no converter can give you back the original file. Being straight about where that line falls is more useful than promising a perfect copy:
Comes across well
- All the text, as real editable text — not a picture
- Reading order, paragraph breaks and page breaks
- Headings, inferred from the type sizes in the file
- Lists, kept as separate items
- Arabic, Hebrew and Urdu marked right-to-left
- Words broken across a line rejoined, so search works
Does not come across
- Exact fonts, colours and spacing
- Multi-column newspaper layouts, which are flattened to one column
- Images, charts and signatures
- Tables, which arrive as lines of text rather than a Word table
- Scanned pages, which have no text to extract at all
- Form fields, footnotes and comments
Best used for
- Reusing the wording of a contract or a report
- Getting a quotable draft out of a published paper
- Rewriting a CV someone sent you as a PDF
- Pulling text out for translation
- Anything you were about to retype by hand
Your file stays on your device
The usual way to build a converter is to accept an upload, process it on a server and send the result back. That means your contract, payslip or patient letter sits on a machine you do not control, protected by a retention promise you cannot verify. This page works differently: the code that reads your PDF and writes the Word file is downloaded to your browser and runs there. There is no upload endpoint, nothing is logged, and we could not retrieve your document if we wanted to. Load the page, switch your connection off, and it still converts.
| Input | PDF with a text layer (.pdf), up to 25 MB |
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| Output | Word document (.docx, Office Open XML) |
| Where it runs | Entirely in your browser — no upload, no server processing |
| Account needed | None. No email, no sign-up, no limit on how many files |
| Watermark | None |
| Languages | Any script, including Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Chinese |
| Works on | Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox, on desktop and mobile |
| Price | Free |
Questions people ask
Is this PDF to Word converter really free?
Yes. There is no account, no trial, no watermark and no daily limit. The conversion runs on your own computer, so there is no server bill for us to pass on to you.
Do my files get uploaded to a server?
No. The PDF is read by code running in your browser tab and the Word file is built in the same place. Nothing is transmitted, nothing is stored, and we never see the document. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the converter still works.
Will the Word file keep my layout?
It keeps the text, the reading order, the paragraph breaks and the headings. It does not attempt to rebuild multi-column layouts, floating text boxes or exact fonts, because a PDF stores positioned glyphs rather than a document structure. The result is a clean, editable draft, which is what most people want from a PDF before they rewrite it.
Can it convert a scanned PDF?
Not yet. A scan is a picture of a page with no text layer, so there is nothing to extract — that needs OCR. The tool detects this case and tells you instead of handing you an empty document. OCR is on the roadmap for this page.
What about a password-protected PDF?
A PDF that needs a password to open cannot be read, and the tool will say so. Remove the password in your PDF reader first, then convert.
Does it work in Arabic, Hindi or Chinese?
Yes. Text in any script is extracted as it is, and right-to-left paragraphs in Arabic or Urdu are marked right-to-left in the Word file so they display correctly when you open it.
How big a PDF can I convert?
Up to 25 MB. The limit exists because the whole file is held in your browser's memory; a long text PDF well under that size converts in a few seconds on an ordinary laptop or phone.
Which format do I get, .doc or .docx?
You get .docx, the modern Word format. It opens in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer, Apple Pages and WPS Office without any conversion step.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, on both iPhone and Android. Pick the PDF from your files or your cloud storage app and the .docx lands in your downloads.
Handling documents at scale?
We build document pipelines, OCR and e-signature flows into business systems. If your team is converting files by hand, that is usually a sign something upstream can be automated.