PDF toolsUpdated July 2026

Free Scan to PDF

Turn photos of paper documents into a clean, ordered PDF, directly in your browser — optionally with a grayscale or black & white clean-up filter.

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Scan settings

Files stay on your device.

Scan or add photos of your pages

Use your camera to photograph a document, or choose existing JPG, PNG, or WebP photos

Choose photos Up to 60 pages · 25 MB each
Your photos stay on your device Fast browser processing Direct PDF download
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How to scan a document to PDF

  1. Take or choose photos of your pages.
  2. Reorder pages if needed.
  3. Pick a clean-up filter (optional).
  4. Select Create PDF and download.

How this works

Your browser reads each photo, optionally applies a grayscale or black & white contrast filter to make text more legible, and assembles the pages into a single real PDF — nothing is uploaded or processed on a server.

A note on scope

This is a photo-to-PDF assembler with a simple contrast/grayscale clean-up, not automatic edge detection, perspective correction, or OCR. For best results, photograph each page as flat and well-lit as possible.

Common use cases

  • Photograph paper documents with your phone and turn them into one ordered PDF
  • Combine several scanned or photographed pages into a single document
  • Clean up a photographed page with a grayscale or black & white filter before sharing

Frequently asked questions

Is this scan to PDF tool free?

Yes. It is completely free, with no signup and no limits.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything happens entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to Inqita or stored.

Does this straighten or crop my photos automatically?

No. This tool does not do automatic edge detection or perspective correction — photograph pages as flat and square as possible for the best result.

What does the black & white filter do?

It converts the photo to high-contrast black and white, which can make handwritten or printed text more legible and reduce file size, similar to a dedicated scanner app.