or drop files here
- Originals stay on your device, even if the tab closes
- Drag the corners, then pick a filter
- Download one file or each page, as a PDF or an image
Point your phone at a page and keep the document, not the desk. Scan to PDF finds the edges of the paper, straightens the perspective and applies a filter that turns grey, shadowed paper into white paper with dark text, so a photo of a contract looks like a scan of one. Shoot as many pages as you need — a receipt, a passport page, a whiteboard after a meeting, a stack of invoices — and download them as a single PDF or one image per page. Every page can be adjusted afterwards: drag the four corners with a magnifier when the paper was photographed at an angle, pick a different filter, rotate it, or drop it. The whole tool runs inside your browser, and the original photo of each page is kept on your device until you delete the scan, so a dropped connection or a closed tab cannot cost you a document.
How to scan a document to PDF
- 1Open Document Scanner and upload a photo, or on a phone use the camera. Nothing is uploaded — the photos stay on your device.
- 2The whole page fits in the preview. Crop keeps one box still: drag and zoom the photo, and whatever sits inside the box is what you keep.
- 3Filter, Adjust and Page open underneath. Straighten levels a slight tilt and Clear sharpens a soft photo, and the page updates while you choose.
- 4Download one PDF with every page, or each page on its own, as a PDF or an image.
Why scan with PDFTrusted
- Paper found for you — the page is trimmed to its edges and the angle is corrected, no manual cropping on a straight-on shot
- Filters that fix real photos — a shadow across the top of a page becomes clean white paper and readable text
- The original kept on your device — the full photo stays in your browser's storage, so an interrupted scan is never lost
- Corner drag with a magnifier — a receipt, an ID card or a skewed page can be lined up pixel by pixel, with arrow-key nudging
- Many pages, one file — add, reorder, rotate and delete pages, then export to A4, Letter, Legal or the page's own shape
- No account, no watermark, no upload — the camera, the cropping, the filters and the PDF are all produced in your browser
Scan to PDF FAQ
Is the document scanner free?
Yes. Scanning is a normal free tool, with up to 60 pages in one scan and no watermark on the PDF. No account is needed to scan and download. Pro raises the daily allowance if you scan paperwork regularly.
Do my photos get uploaded to a server?
No. The camera feed, the perspective correction, the filters and the PDF are all produced inside your browser, on your own device. That matters because scans are usually the most sensitive paper a person owns — a passport, a bank letter, a medical report or a signed contract. Nothing is sent anywhere for scanning.
What happens to my photos if the page reloads or my phone dies?
The original photo of every page is written to local storage the moment you take it, before any processing happens. Reload the page, lose the connection or run out of battery, and the unfinished scan is still listed on the scanner start screen so you can carry on. The photos stay there until you delete the scan yourself.
Can I scan a document that was photographed at an angle?
Yes. Open the page and drag the four corners onto the corners of the paper. A magnifier appears while you drag so you can see exactly where the corner lands, and the corrected result is shown beside the original. Arrow keys nudge the corner a few pixels at a time, and Shift makes the steps larger.
Which filter should I choose?
Auto suits ordinary white paper with printed or handwritten text on it and is the right choice most of the time. Black and white produces the smallest, crispest file for text-only documents. Greyscale keeps pencil, faint stamps and signatures visible. Colour keeps highlights, logos and photographs intact. Original leaves the camera image exactly as it was taken.
Will the scanned PDF be searchable?
Not by itself — the scanner produces images inside a PDF, which is what a scan is. To make the text selectable and searchable, send the finished PDF to OCR PDF: the text is recognised and placed on top of the page. Do that after scanning, so you keep a clean image version as well.
Can I scan ID cards and receipts?
Yes, and they are the two cases the corner editor exists for. Photograph the card or receipt on a plain surface, open the page, and pull the corners onto its edges — the result is a straight, full-bleed image. Sizes such as A5 or the page's own shape keep a receipt from being stretched.
How many pages can I scan at once?
Up to 60 pages in a single scan, with the per-page photos living in your browser's storage. If a scan gets long, close it out and start a second one — the previous scan stays on the scanner start screen until you delete it.
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