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PDF Search

Search words and phrases in PDF. Perform search and view PDF files online.

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Reverse image search
Photo search

PDF Search app is a full-text search within the textual content and metadata of PDF. This app allows you to search a PDF for a word or phrase using simple or complex queries.

To start searching in PDF, please upload your file and our PDF search engine will perform indexing it for you.
Our search engine will be opened and you will be able to perform searching in PDF and view results.
You may add more files and perform search over all of them

This PDF Search app demonstrates possibilities of our solutions:

PDF Portable Document

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a type of document created by Adobe back in 1990s. The purpose of this file format was to introduce a standard for representation of documents and other reference material in a format that is independent of application software, hardware as well as Operating System. PDF files can be opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader/Writer as well in most modern browsers like Chrome, Safari, Firefox via extensions/plug-ins.

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How to search in PDF

  • Click inside the file drop area to upload a PDF file or drag & drop a PDF file.
  • Once upload completes, you'll be redirected to the search application.
  • Enter your search query in the search bar.
  • Get search results by clicking the search button.
  • Add more files with "Add files" button.
  • Select added files to include them into the index and perform searches

Frequently asked questions

  • How does the online app PDF Search work?

    The search is performed in two stages. First, documents are added to an index. And only then the search is performed in the index.

  • What about privacy, is it safe to use the online app PDF Search?

    Access to your folder with uploaded and indexed files is only available to someone who has a link. All uploaded files are deleted from the servers after 24 hours.

  • Is an internet connection required to use the online app PDF Search?

    This application is client-server. If you lose your internet connection while using the app, you won't be able to get search results.

  • Can I search on Linux, Mac OS, Android?

    You can search from any device, regardless of the operating system, that has a modern browser and an internet connection.

Other Search file formats

You can also search many other file formats. Please see the complete list below.

TORRENT
ASF
AVI
FLV
MOV
QT
MP3
WAV
ZIP
VSD
VSS
EPUB
FB2
CHM
MSG
EML
EMLX
PST
OST
TIF
TIFF
JPG
JPEG
JPE
PNG
GIF
BMP
JP2
JPF
JPX
JPM
WMF
EMF
WEBP
DJVU
DJV
PSD
DCM
DICOM
DC3
DIC
HTM
HTML
MHT
MHTML
XHTML
XML
ONE
PPT
PPTX
PPS
PPSX
ODP
POT
PPTM
POTX
POTM
PPSM
XLS
XLT
XLTX
XLSX
XLSM
XLSB
XLA
XLAM
XLTM
CSV
TSV
ODS
OTS
MPP
MD
DOC
DOCX
DOCM
DOT
DOTX
DOTM
RTF
TXT
ODT
OTT
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