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Clean a scanned document online
A phone photo of a document is rarely tidy: it's tilted, the edges of the desk show, and one side is darker than the other. ScanReviver cleans that up in a few seconds: crop to the page, straighten it, even out the lighting, and save a neat PDF or image. It's free and works in your browser, with no account.
Clean your document now
Upload a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC photo: no sign-up, nothing to install.
Open the tool →What "cleaning" a document actually does
ScanReviver runs a small, predictable set of steps on your image:
- Find the page: it detects the document's four corners, and you can drag them to fine-tune the crop so the desk, hands and background are cut away.
- Straighten it: perspective correction squares up a page shot at an angle, and small tilts are levelled so text runs horizontally.
- Even out the lighting: it lifts the background toward white and reduces uneven shadows, so a page that was grey and blotchy reads clearly.
- Choose a look: keep it in colour, produce a clean near-white document, or go crisp black & white for text-only pages.
- Export: download a JPG, PNG, or a PDF (single- or multi-page), optionally with a searchable text layer.
Colour, clean or black & white?
Pick the mode that matches the page:
- Colour Document: keeps colours (letterheads, forms with coloured fields, highlighted notes) while still flattening the lighting.
- Clean Document: pushes the background to near-white for a scanned-in look; the best all-round choice for printed text.
- Black & White: high-contrast, smallest files, ideal for plain text you plan to print or archive.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Cleaning documents is free and needs no account. Ads on these pages help cover the server costs.
What happens to my files?
Your original upload is deleted right after processing. Your cleaned result stays available for a short time so you can download it, then it's deleted automatically, and you can delete it immediately with the "Delete now" button. Files are never used for AI training and are never sold or shared.
Can it clean a multi-page document?
Yes. Add several photos, arrange the order, and download one combined PDF.
Will it change the text on my document?
ScanReviver doesn't use generative AI, so it never rewrites text, changes numbers or recreates signatures or stamps. It does adjust the image (contrast, colour, black & white), so fine details can shift — always check the result before relying on it.
Honest limitations
ScanReviver improves readability; it does not certify or authenticate documents. Very dark shadows, text hidden under objects or fingers, and severe blur may still look imperfect after cleaning. If automatic page detection misses, you place the four corners yourself. It is a cleanup tool, not a way to recover detail that the photo never captured.