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Guides to scanning documents with your phone or in your browser, and keeping the scans private.
A Document Scanner App Without a Subscription
Why most scanner apps charge every week or month, what you actually need from a scanner, and how to get PDF scanning with a one-time purchase instead.
How to Get Clean Scans: Shadows, Curled Pages and Glare
Practical fixes for the most common scanning problems, from hard shadows and curled pages to glare, blur and gray paper, using just your phone.
How to Scan Documents with Your Phone
A step-by-step guide to scanning documents with an iPhone or Android phone, with tips for sharp, straight, shadow-free pages you can share as PDF or JPG.
How to Scan Documents on Android
Three ways to scan paper documents on an Android phone or tablet, from Google Drive's built-in scanner to a private, offline scanner app, with tips for clean PDFs.
Scan Documents Online Without Uploading Them
Most online scanners upload your pages to a server. Here's how to scan a document in your browser with the page found, straightened and cleaned on your own device.
How to Scan a Document to PDF on iPhone
Turn paper into a clean, multi-page PDF on your iPhone, using the built-in Notes scanner or a dedicated scanner app, and share it by email, Messages or Files.