Read a QR code from a screenshot or photo, or scan it live with your phone or laptop camera. Links are shown in full with a safety check before you open them.
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Works in your browser. What you paste or upload is processed on your device.
Choose Image or screenshot to read a saved picture, or Camera to scan a code in front of you.
Drop or paste the image, or press Start camera and allow camera access when your browser asks.
Press Scan image, or hold the code inside the frame until the camera reads it.
Read the text or the full link. For links, check the website name and any warnings.
Copy the content, or open the link only if you trust the site.
A QR code scanner turns the square pattern back into the text it stores, usually a web link, but also Wi-Fi details, contact cards, phone numbers or plain text. This scanner reads codes in two ways: from an image (a screenshot, a photo or a picture someone sent you) or live through your phone or laptop camera.
Image scanning tries the picture at several sizes, rotated, with boosted contrast and in overlapping sections, so it can find small, tilted or slightly blurry codes in larger photos. Camera scanning uses the rear camera on phones and stops as soon as it reads a code. Links are never opened automatically: you see the full address, the website name and warnings for common tricks such as link shorteners, bare IP addresses, look-alike characters and unencrypted pages, and you decide whether to open it.
Limits: it reads one QR code per scan (the first it finds). It doesn't read other barcode types such as EAN or Code 128. Very damaged, tiny or heavily distorted codes may not be readable; cropping closer usually helps. A scan that finds no code is normally handed back, so it doesn't use up your free run.
QR codes often arrive on the same phone you need to scan them with, in a screenshot, a PDF ticket or a message, where a camera can't point at them. Reading them from the image solves that. And because QR codes are a common way to hide phishing links, seeing the full address before opening it is a simple safety check.
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Open this page on the same phone, keep Image or screenshot selected, tap Choose an image and pick the screenshot from your photos. Press Scan image and the content appears below, with no second device needed.
Yes. Choose Camera, press Start camera and allow camera access. Hold the code 15 to 30 cm from the webcam inside the frame. The camera turns off as soon as a code is read.
Usually because camera access was blocked for this site. Allow it from the lock or camera icon in the address bar (or your phone's browser settings) and try again. The camera also can't start if another app is using it. If the camera fails to start, the run is handed back.
Only when you recognise the website. QR codes are used for phishing because the link is hidden. This scanner never opens links by itself: it shows the full address and flags shortened links, IP addresses, look-alike characters and unencrypted pages so you can decide.
The code may be too small, blurred, cut off or low in contrast. Crop the image closer to the code, use a sharper photo, or scan it with the camera instead. If no code is found, the run is handed back.
No. Images and camera frames are decoded in your browser on your device. Nothing is recorded or sent to our server, which only counts runs.
No, this tool reads QR codes only. Product barcodes such as EAN-13 or UPC need a barcode reader. To create those barcodes, use our barcode generator.
One scan per day is free. With the camera, one run covers a whole session: you can scan several codes until you stop the camera. More runs cost 5 credits each with a free AI Rank Lab account.
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