Read a QR Code from an Image
Decode a QR code from a photo or screenshot, with no app needed: link, Wi-Fi, text, contact.
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About this tool
Got a QR code in an image, a printed PDF or a screenshot and no phone at hand? Drop the image (or photograph the code): its content is decoded in your browser and presented according to its type (link, Wi-Fi network with password, contact card, email, text). Links are never opened automatically.
How to use this tool
- 1Drop an image containing the QR code (or photograph it).
- 2Read the decoded content and its type.
- 3Copy it, or open the link once you have checked it.
Limits to know
- QR codes only: linear barcodes (EAN, Code 128) and Data Matrix codes are not read.
- The code must be sharp and take up a sufficient part of the image; a heavily tilted or damaged code may fail.
- Decoding by the open source jsQR library, run locally.
- Accepted formats
- JPEG, PNG, WebP
- Maximum size
- 50 MB
Privacy and file processing
Your file is processed directly in your browser and is never sent to our servers.
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Check that the code is sharp, well lit and takes up a sufficient part of the image (crop it if needed). A heavily tilted, damaged or partly hidden code may fail; retake the photo straight on.
No: only QR codes are decoded. Linear barcodes (EAN-13, Code 128) and Data Matrix codes are not supported by this reader.