Short answer
Search PDF runs entirely in your browser. Find every occurrence of a word or phrase across the document. No account, no watermark, and the file never leaves your device.
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Search PDF
Find a word or phrase across pages — scanned PDFs need OCR first.
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About this tool
Find every occurrence of a word or phrase across the document — text layer required. Scanned PDFs need OCR first.
How to use Search PDF
- 1Open a PDF with selectable text.
- 2Enter your search term.
- 3Review matches page by page.
You need
- A PDF with a text layer
Frequently asked questions
Why are there no matches?
Image-only scans have no text layer. Run OCR PDF, then search again.Does search upload my PDF?
No. Matching runs locally against extracted text.Case sensitivity?
Search is practical find-in-document matching on extractable text in your browser.