Scan a QR code from an image

Upload a photo or screenshot of a QR code to see what it contains. The image is read in your browser and isn’t uploaded.

Make your own codes that you can edit and track.

What it does

The reader finds the QR code in your image and shows its content as text, with a button to copy it. Use it for codes in emails, PDFs and screenshots, which a phone camera can’t scan from its own screen.

Before you open a link

  • Read the web address and check the domain is the one you expect.
  • Be careful with any code that asks you to pay or sign in.
  • Don’t use a code printed on a sticker over another code.

If it can’t read the code

Crop the image close to the code, leaving a little white space around it. Blurry, very small or low-contrast codes may not read.

How it works

  1. 01Choose an image or screenshot.
  2. 02The code is decoded in your browser.
  3. 03Check the result, then copy it.

Questions

Is my image uploaded?

No. The image is read in your browser and never leaves your device.

Can it read a code from a PDF?

Take a screenshot of the page with the code on it and choose that.

What kinds of codes can it read?

QR codes only. It doesn’t read barcodes or Data Matrix codes.

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