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Turn paper into a clean PDF with your camera
Document scanner, step by step on Samsung, Pixel and Xiaomi phones.
Why it helps
Point your phone at a receipt or form and get a flat, cropped copy you can save or send, no scanner needed.
What you'll notice
A crooked photo of a page comes out straight, cropped and readable.
When to use it
When you need to keep or send a paper document, then scan it with your phone instead of taking a normal photo.
How to set it up
Pick your phone.
Samsung Galaxy
- Camera
- Point at a document
- Scan
- Open the Camera and point it at the document
- Tap "Scan" when the camera spots the page
- Adjust the corners if needed and tap "Save"
Based on reports from owners and the tech press. We have not yet checked it on a phone ourselves.
Google Pixel
- Drive
- +
- Scan
- Open the Drive app
- Tap "+", then "Scan"
- Take the photo, check the crop, then tap "Save"
Based on reports from owners and the tech press. We have not yet checked it on a phone ourselves.
Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO
- Camera
- More
- Documents
- Open the Camera and tap "More"
- Choose "Documents"
- Point at the page and take the photo
Based on reports from owners and the tech press. We have not yet checked it on a phone ourselves.
How to undo it
Nothing to switch off: delete any scan you do not need.
Labels can differ. Menu names and their order vary between models and can change with a system update. If a step doesn't match your phone, search Settings for the feature name or one of its other names: scan document, pdf scanner, scan receipt, doc scan.