Scan a QR Code or Barcode from an Image
Read a QR code or barcode from a photo, a screenshot or your camera. Links are checked for warning signs and never opened on their own, and your images stay on your device.
Scan a code
Point your camera at a QR code or barcode. The video stays on this device.
Code found
Need a code to test? Make one with the QR Code Generator or the Barcode Generator.
Result
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Choose an image or start the camera. The decoded text will appear here.
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No obvious red flags. Only open links from codes you trust.
Decoded on your device. Images and camera video are never uploaded.
Recent scans
Kept only until you leave this page.
How to use QR & Barcode Scanner
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Add an image or start the camera. Choose an image of the code, drop it on the page, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac). To scan something in front of you, switch to Camera, press start and allow camera access.
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Read the result. The decoded text appears with the barcode type and what it contains, such as a web link, Wi-Fi network, contact card, calendar event or product number.
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Check links before you open them. For a link, the tool shows the site it really opens and warns about anything suspicious. Nothing opens on its own: press Open link only when you trust it.
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Copy what you need. Copy the full text, or just one field such as a Wi-Fi password or a phone number. Your last 10 scans stay listed until you leave the page.
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Learn more about QR & Barcode Scanner
Direct Answer: Open the scanner, choose or drop the image, and the decoded text appears next to it. You can also paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
This is the easiest way to read a QR code that is already on your screen, such as one in an email, a PDF or a social media post, because you can't point your phone at its own screen. Take a screenshot, paste it here, and copy the result. The image is read in your browser and is never uploaded.
Direct Answer: Switch to Camera, press start, allow camera access, and hold the code inside the frame.
The scanner uses the back camera on phones, and you can pick another camera from the list. When a code is found, scanning pauses and the result is shown, so the same code isn't read again and again; press the button to scan the next one. The video stays on your device. If the camera doesn't start, check that the browser has permission to use it and that no other app is using it.
Direct Answer: Only after you've checked where it goes. Fake QR codes stuck over real ones, known as quishing, are a common way to send people to phishing pages.
This scanner never opens a link by itself. It shows the site name the link really opens, and warns when it:
- uses http instead of https,
- uses an international domain name that can imitate a well-known site with look-alike letters,
- points to a raw IP address instead of a domain,
- has text before an "@", which hides the real site,
- is a shortened link that hides the final destination.
Codes that contain scripts, files or app links are shown as plain text and can't be clicked.
Direct Answer: All common 2D codes and retail and logistics barcodes.
- 2D codes: QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417 and Aztec.
- Retail: EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E. Product numbers are labelled as a GTIN, and book barcodes starting with 978 or 979 as an ISBN.
- Logistics and general: Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, ITF, Codabar and GS1 DataBar.
It reads one code per image. If a photo shows several, crop it to the one you want.
Direct Answer: Usually the image is blurry, too small, or the code is cut off. Try a sharper, closer photo.
- Fill the frame. The code should take up a good part of the image, with all four sides visible.
- Avoid glare. Reflections on glossy labels or screens hide parts of the code.
- Hold still and focus. On a phone, tap the code on the screen to focus before scanning.
- Check the code itself. A damaged or very low-contrast code may not be readable by any scanner. If you made it yourself, the QR Code Generator and Barcode Generator check contrast and the quiet zone for you.