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Export PDF Annotations

Extract highlights, comments, and notes from your annotated PDFs — export to Markdown, CSV, Notion, Obsidian, JSON, or plain text. Your files never leave your browser.

Drop your PDF here

Securely extract highlights and comments in seconds.

How to Extract Annotations

1. Upload PDF

Drag and drop your annotated PDF into the secure browser-local area above.

2. Filter and Edit

Instantly view and filter your comments, strikeouts, or highlights by color or author.

3. Custom Export

Copy or download your parsed notes as custom Markdown, Obsidian, Notion, or CSV files.

Export PDF Annotations to Any Format

Export PDF Annotations to Markdown

Perfect for Obsidian, Logseq, Typora, and any local-first, plain-text note taking environments.

Export PDF Annotations to CSV / Excel

Analyze your contract redlines, citations, and reviewer feedback in Excel, Google Sheets, or Airtable.

Export PDF Annotations to Notion

Import annotations seamlessly into your Notion database matrices and reading dashboards in 1-click.

Export PDF Annotations to Plain Text

Create lightweight, unformatted archives of your reading notes that can be copied and accessed anywhere.

Export PDF Annotations to Obsidian

Generate native Obsidian Callout blocks with color-coded highlights, backlinks, and page references automatically.

Export PDF Annotations to JSON

Download structured annotation data as JSON for custom integrations, APIs, or developer workflows.

Example Output (Obsidian and Markdown)

# Source: research_paper.pdf


> [!quote] Page 12 · Highlight

"The proposed local-first extraction preserves all privacy..."

*Annotated by Dr. Alice*


> [!note] Page 15 · Comment

"Should we cite the 2026 WASM paper here?"

*Comment by Reviewer Bob*

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Professional PDF Extraction

Designed for Accuracy

Our local-first engine ensures your annotations are extracted with 100% precision while keeping your documents private.

  • Preserves text formatting and colors
  • Maintains document structure
  • Supports rich-text comments and replies
  • Works offline in your browser

Export PDF Annotations

The Complete Digital Archiving Solution

Serious reading always involves more than just highlighting. You draw underlines under core terminology, strike out erroneous statements in drafts, and leave detailed margin comments. Most generic extractors only capture highlighted text, leaving half of your intellectual output behind.

This Full PDF Annotation Extractor ensures that every mark you've left on your document is preserved:

  • Highlights: Color-coded markers for key passages. (Only need to extract highlighted text? Try our specialized PDF Highlight Extractor.)
  • Sticky Notes & Comments: Hidden pop-up comments containing reviewer feedback. (Only need to compile reviewer comments? Use our specialized PDF Comment Exporter.)
  • Text Markups: Standard underlines, wavy lines (for emphasis), and strikeouts (for text deletions).

By exporting all annotations chronologically, you create an immaculate, linear review of your reading session. This is the ultimate backup for your research workflows, ensuring your thoughts are never lost to file corruption or proprietary format lock-in. For advanced note-taking setups, you can seamlessly read our Obsidian PDF Workflow Guide or check how we compare in our Readwise Alternative review.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about our privacy-first tool.

Simply drag and drop your PDF into the upload area above. Our local-first tool instantly extracts your highlighted text, colors, and comments, allowing you to copy them to your clipboard or download them as formatted files.
Yes. You can copy or download your highlights as Markdown (.md) files. Our Template Designer lets you customize variables (like {{content}} and {{page}}) to generate native, color-coded Obsidian Callout blocks directly.
Yes. Select the CSV format to download or copy a structured spreadsheet compatible with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or Airtable, fully preserving your page numbers, highlight colors, and comment metadata.
Yes. We support Underlines, wavy lines (squiggly), and Strikeouts, which many other simple extraction tools ignore completely.
Yes. Our workspace editor allows you to toggle specific annotation types (e.g., 'Hide Strikeouts') or filter out certain highlight colors before copying or downloading your final document.
Absolutely. We map every single annotation back to its exact page index structure inside the native PDF object array, ensuring precise citations.
Our core parser focuses strictly on on-page content markup (highlights, comments, and drawings). Standard PDF outline bookmarks are currently excluded.
Absolutely. We use WebAssembly to process everything locally in your browser. Your PDFs and their highlights never leave your computer, ensuring 100% offline data privacy.

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