Use your phone or computer camera to photograph documents, clean them up into crisp scans, and save them as one PDF. No app to install: the camera feed and pages stay in your browser, with no page limit or sign-up.
How to use Scan to PDF
Allow camera access when your browser asks. On a phone, the back camera is used.
Choose a Clean-up for new pages: Original, Document or Black & white.
Hold the page flat and fill the frame, then click Capture page for each page, or Add photos you already have.
Reorder, rotate or change the clean-up of any page in the list.
Click Save as PDF to download the scanned document.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scan a document to PDF with my phone?
Open this page on your phone, allow the camera, and capture each page. When you're done, save them all as one PDF. No app install is needed.
What do the Document and Black & white modes do?
Document turns the photo grayscale and stretches the levels so the paper goes white and ink goes dark. Black & white adapts to uneven lighting across the page for a high-contrast scan.
Does it crop the page edges automatically?
No. There's no automatic edge detection or perspective correction, so frame the page closely and shoot from straight above. To trim later, use Crop PDF.
What page size and quality is the PDF?
Each page is placed on an A4 page. Captures are kept at up to 2,000 pixels on the long side, about 240 dpi on A4, which is sharp for reading and printing.
Can I turn existing photos into a PDF scan?
Yes. Use Add photos or drop images on the page, and the same clean-up is applied. Without clean-up, JPG to PDF gives more page-size options.
Why doesn't the camera start?
The browser needs your permission to use it. If you blocked it, allow the camera for this site in the browser's settings and reload. You can still add photos without a camera.
Are the camera images uploaded?
No. The camera feed and captured pages stay in your browser and the PDF is built on your device.
Getting a clean scan
After saving, run OCR on the PDF to make its text searchable, and compress it if a portal limits the upload size, as many Indian exam and government forms do.
Use daylight or an even room light, and avoid your own shadow over the page.
Put the page on a dark, plain surface so its edges stand out.
Choose Black & white for printed text and forms, Document for pages with stamps, photos or coloured ink, and Original for colour documents.