Files auto-deleted after download

OCR to PDF
Free & Instant

Make scanned PDFs searchable with text layer

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Drag & drop a PDF here

or

Supports: PDF · Max 50MB

⚙️ Settings

Make Scanned PDFs Searchable

Upload a scanned PDF and our OCR tool adds an invisible text layer — so you can search, copy, and index the content. Processed entirely on our servers, deleted after download.

Supported Languages

Choose from English, Thai, Simplified Chinese, or Japanese. Our OCR engine renders each page at 300 DPI for the best recognition accuracy. Max 20 pages per document.

Three steps. Zero friction.

1

Upload your file

Drag & drop or browse. Supports PDF, JPG, PNG up to 50 MB.

2

Choose your settings

Adjust quality, page range, or format — all optional.

3

Download — done

Your file is ready in seconds. Auto-deleted after download.

Fast, free, and private

Fast

Instant processing, no waiting

Secure

Files deleted immediately after download

100% Free

No cost, no account required

Any Device

Works on Desktop, Tablet and Mobile

PRIVACY BY DEFAULT

Your files, your business.

PDF Tools is built around one simple promise: your files are yours, always. We process everything on our own infrastructure — no third parties, no data brokers, no exceptions.

Every tool is 100% free, forever. Upload, process, download — done in seconds, gone in 2 minutes. No accounts, no watermarks, no strings attached.

No accounts, ever
Use any tool without signing up. No email, no password, no profile of you.
Files deleted in 2 minutes
Automatic cleanup runs every 30 seconds. Even our admins can't recover them.
Processed on our servers
No third-party APIs. No data brokers. Your file never leaves our infrastructure.
No Watermarks, Ever
Your output is always clean and complete — no branding added, no quality lost.