How to Convert PDF to Word on Android (Free, In-Browser)

A contract, a training manual, or a form arrives as a PDF on your Android phone and you need to rewrite part of it in Word. Android has no built-in PDF to Word converter, and the Play Store is full of apps that bury the feature behind a subscription or stamp your output with a watermark. You do not need any of that.

Here is how to convert a PDF to Word on Android for free, right in Chrome.

Why Android has no built-in option

• Google’s Files app by Google opens PDFs but cannot convert them to Word
• The Android Chrome browser reads PDFs but has no converter
• Most "free" PDF apps on the Play Store limit PDF to Word behind paid tiers or add watermarks

Convert a PDF to Word on Android in Chrome

1. 1Open the PDF to Word tool in the Chrome browser on your Android phone.
2. 2Tap to choose a file and pick your PDF from Downloads, Google Drive, or your phone’s storage.
3. 3Select Word as the output format and tap convert.
4. 4When it finishes, download the .docx back to your phone.
5. 5Open the file in Word, Google Docs, or WPS Office to edit it.

The converted document keeps your text, headings, and basic layout, so you can make changes instead of retyping the whole thing.

Converting scanned PDFs from your Android

If your PDF is a scan or a photo of a printed page, its text is stored as an image, not as selectable characters. A converter can only embed that image. For a scanned file, run OCR first to extract the text, then convert the result to Word.

What to check after converting

Open the Word file and scroll through it before you rely on it — a table or heading can occasionally shift during conversion. If you need the final document back as a PDF after editing, convert it back when you are ready to send it.