How to use Scan QR Code from Image
- Take a screenshot of the code, or save the picture someone sent you to your gallery.
- Tap Choose a picture and pick it from your photos or files. On a computer, drag it here or paste it with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.
- The image is read where it is. A PDF is read page by page, and each code is listed with the page it was on.
- Check the domain, the network or the contact shown, then open it, copy it or save it.
Why use Scan QR Code from Image
- Screenshots and gallery photos
- PNG and JPG screenshots, iPhone HEIC photos and WebP images are all read, including a code shown inside a chat.
- The code on your own screen
- A phone’s camera cannot see its own screen. Take a screenshot of the code and it is read here, on the same phone.
- PDF pages
- Tickets, boarding passes and invoices saved as PDF are read page by page; a locked file opens once you type its password.
- Every code in the image
- A picture with several codes lists each one with a small crop of it, in reading order, so you can match it to the picture.
About this tool
People keep QR codes as pictures all the time: a payment code sent on WhatsApp, the Wi-Fi card at a café photographed for later, an event ticket screenshotted from an email. Reading one with a phone’s own camera would need a second device to point at the screen. Here you choose the picture instead, and this QR code reader decodes it in the browser. iPhone screenshots are PNG files and iPhone photos are often HEIC; both work, as do Android screenshots, JPG photos and images saved from the web.
The image is drawn and decoded on your phone or computer; it is not uploaded. A large photo is read at a smaller size first and again at full size if nothing turns up, so a small code in the corner of a big photo still has a chance. When nothing is found, crop the picture around the code, or take a fresh screenshot instead of a photo of a screen. If the code is in front of you, the same QR code scanner reads it live: tap the camera button.
Frequently asked questions
How do I scan a QR code from a picture on iPhone?
Take a screenshot (the side button and volume up together, or the side and Home buttons on an iPhone with a Home button) or keep the photo in Photos. Open this page in Safari, tap Choose a picture, then Photo Library, and pick it. HEIC photos from the iPhone camera are read as they are.
How do I scan a QR code from a screenshot on Android?
Take the screenshot (power and volume down), open this page in Chrome, tap Choose a picture and pick the screenshot from your gallery or Files. What the code holds appears under it.
Can I scan a QR code from my gallery without an app?
Yes. The page opens your gallery through the browser’s own picker, so nothing is installed and the photo stays on your phone.
Can I read a QR code inside a PDF?
Yes. Choose the PDF and its pages are read in turn, up to 50 pages. A locked PDF asks for its password first. Each code is shown with the number of the page it was on.
What if the picture has several QR codes?
Each code is listed separately, in reading order, with a small crop of the code so you can tell which is which.
Why does a photo of a screen not scan?
A photo of a screen picks up lines and reflections that break up the code’s squares. A screenshot is an exact copy of the screen, so take one on the device that shows the code, or crop the photo close to the code.
Photo se QR code kaise scan kare? (Scanning a code from a photo or the gallery)
Gallery se QR code kaise scan karen: “Choose a picture” dabayen, photo ya screenshot chunen, aur code mein jo likha hai woh neeche nazar aa jata hai. Tap Choose a picture and pick the photo or screenshot from your gallery: what the code holds appears under it, read on your phone.
Built and maintained by Saad Naeem
AI engineer, Doha · Updated