Find answers to the most common questions about our free tools. If you cannot find what you need, please contact us.
We offer three free tools: a PDF word counter that counts words, characters, and pages in PDF documents, a word counter for plain text, and a character counter for text with character limits. We also offer a PDF page counter.
Yes. All our tools are completely free with no sign-up, no limits, and no watermarks. We believe essential tools should be accessible to everyone.
No. All files are processed entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your documents never leave your device, so your content stays 100% private and secure.
No. We never see, store, or have access to your files or text. Everything you process stays on your own device.
We may use basic analytics and advertising services that use cookies to understand site usage and serve relevant ads. We never read your documents. See our privacy policy for details.
Our PDF tools accept PDF files. For plain text, use our word counter or character counter, which accept any text you paste or type.
Our tools read the text directly from your PDF and count words, characters, and pages accurately. For scanned PDFs, you may need to use OCR first to convert the text.
Scanned PDFs store text as images, so you need OCR (optical character recognition) to extract the text first. Once converted to selectable text, you can count it with our tool. See our guide.
Word count measures the number of words, while character count measures every individual character including spaces and punctuation. Different situations require different metrics. Learn more in our guide.
This usually happens with password-protected or corrupted PDFs. Try a different PDF, or remove the password protection first. If the problem continues, please contact us.
Yes. Our tools work on any device with a modern browser, including phones and tablets. The layout adjusts automatically to your screen.
Because files are processed in your browser, the practical limit depends on your device's memory. Most PDFs work without any issue.
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