PDF → scan in seconds

Make a PDF look scanned

Digital PDF looks too clean? Add the marks of a real scan — skew, grain, edge shadow and paper tone — right in your browser.

  • No upload
  • Multi-page PDFs
  • Password-protected PDFs
Try it now

PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, photos (incl. iPhone HEIC), EPUB, text — up to 100 MB and 50 pages

How it works

PDF to scan in three steps

Upload a PDF

Drop the file into the box above or click “Choose files”. Several at once is fine.

Pick a scan look

The “Office MFP” preset works for most cases. Sliders are there for fine-tuning.

Download the PDF

Click “Download scanned PDF” — the file goes to your downloads.

What makes a scan look like a scan

A digital PDF has perfectly straight text, a pure white background and selectable letters. A scan is different: the sheet is slightly rotated, the paper has tone and texture, there's a shadow from the scanner lid and the image is a bit soft and grainy.

Let's Scan reproduces exactly that. Each page gets its own slight random skew — as if the sheets went through the scanner one by one.

What happens to the file

PDF pages are rendered in your browser, the effect is applied and a new PDF is assembled from the results. The original file is not modified or sent anywhere. Page sizes are kept, so the document prints at the same size.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Will page size change?

No — A4 stays A4, Letter stays Letter, landscape pages stay landscape.

Can I process only some pages?

Yes. Delete the pages you don't need in the thumbnail strip before downloading.

What about password-protected PDFs?

The scanner asks for the password; it's only used locally to open the file.

Ready to try it on your PDF?

Open the scanner