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Convert PDF to Word (DOCX) locally — no upload, no signup

Turn a PDF into an editable .docx file using browser-based extraction. Fast, free, and private.

The privacy problem

The dominant PDF-to-Word converters upload your file to a server, queue it for a worker process, and email you the result. That's fine for a takeout menu — not for a salary letter.

The browser flow

The PDF to Word tool parses your PDF with pdf.js, extracts text blocks and basic styling, and packages them into a real .docx you can open in Word, Google Docs or Pages.

  1. Drop the PDF.
  2. Pick a target page range (or leave blank for all).
  3. Download the .docx.

What works well

  • Text-only or text-heavy PDFs.
  • Reports and articles with simple layouts.
  • Documents already produced from Word (round-trip is excellent).

Where to use a desktop tool instead

  • PDFs with multi-column magazine layouts.
  • Scanned PDFs (run OCR first to get any text at all).
  • Forms with absolute-positioned fields.

For the 80% case, the browser is now the right place.