Scan to PDF online, free
Turn phone photos of paper pages into one clean, readable PDF. Shadows go, the paper turns white, and nothing is uploaded.
- No upload
- No app needed
- No watermark or limits
Add photos of your pages
Take a photo of each page, or drop photos you already have. Add as many pages as you need.
Stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
- Lay the page on a darker surface so its edges are easy to find
- Shoot from straight above in good light
- Fill the frame with the page
How to scan to PDF with your phone
- 1
Photograph your pages
Take a photo of each page with your phone camera, or add photos you already have.
- 2
Tidy up
Pick a cleanup and page size. Rotate, reorder or remove pages until the order is right.
- 3
Download the PDF
Get one PDF with every page, ready to email, upload or send for signature.
Your file never leaves your device
Most online PDF tools upload your document to their servers and promise to delete it later. This one opens and edits the file inside your browser with the open-source pdf.js and pdf-lib libraries, so there is nothing to upload and nothing to delete.
Check it yourself: once this page has loaded, turn off your Wi-Fi. The tool keeps working.
This free tool
- No upload, no account
- No watermark, no daily limit
- For documents you prepare yourself
When others need to sign
- Signers verify their identity with a one-time passcode sent to their email.
- Every completed document comes with a Certificate of Completion that records timestamps, IP addresses, device and browser details and email events, sealed with a SHA-256 hash.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scan a document to PDF without a scanner?
- Take a photo of each page with your phone, add the photos above, and press Download PDF. The tool evens out shadows and whitens the paper so the pages read like a scan, then puts them into one PDF.
Do I need to install an app?
- No. It works in the browser on iPhone, Android and desktop. On a phone, Take a photo opens your camera directly.
Are my pages uploaded?
- No. The photos are processed and turned into a PDF in your browser, and never sent to our servers. Once the page has loaded you can turn off your Wi-Fi and it still works.
Which cleanup should I choose?
- Color keeps stamps, highlights and colored ink. Grayscale suits most letters and forms. B&W gives the sharpest, smallest file for text-only pages. Original leaves the photo as taken.
What page size will the PDF be?
- US Letter by default, with each photo fitted and centered. Choose A4 for international paper, or Fit to photo to keep each page exactly as photographed.
I scanned a signed document. How do I send it back?
- Email the PDF, or skip the printing next time: send the document with SignWith and the other side signs on their own device, with a record of who signed and when.
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