How to read a QR code from an image
Drop a screenshot or photo with a QR code or barcode into the box above, or click Choose files. On Android, you can also share a picture straight to PocketConvert once it's installed.
Click Read code. Every code in the picture is found and read, usually in under a second.
Check what it holds: a link shows its site's address first, a Wi-Fi code its network and password, a contact card its details. Then open, copy or save it.
Why read a QR code from a picture?
A QR code on your own screen can't be scanned with the same phone's camera. That's the case for codes in screenshots, in messages and e-mails, in PDFs and on web pages: reading the picture itself is the only easy way.
Seeing what a code holds before you open it matters, too. A QR code can lead anywhere, and fake payment and parking codes are a common scam. Here the link's address is shown in full and nothing opens until you choose to.
QR codes and barcodes
QR codes hold links, text, Wi-Fi logins, contact cards, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and map locations, and each is shown for what it is. Data Matrix, Aztec and PDF417 codes, used on tickets, parcels and boarding passes, are read too.
Product barcodes such as EAN-13, UPC and Code 128 hold only a number, like a product or parcel code, which you can copy and search for. Several codes in one picture are all read and listed.
Is it safe?
Yes. QR Code Reader runs entirely in your browser. Your files are read and converted by your own device using built-in browser technology, so they are never uploaded to a server and nobody else can see them.
You can check this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab and convert a file. No upload requests are made.
The picture is read in your browser, by its built-in barcode reader where it has one and otherwise by the open-source ZXing library, served from our own server. Your pictures and what the codes hold are never uploaded, and links are only opened when you click Open.
Files stay in this tab's memory only until you remove them or close the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I read a QR code from a screenshot?
Yes, that's what this is for. Take the screenshot, then drop it here, or on Android share it to PocketConvert after installing it. The code only needs to be sharp and complete.
How do I get a Wi-Fi password from a QR code?
Read the Wi-Fi QR code here and the network name and password are shown, with a button to copy the password. That's handy for connecting a laptop, which can't scan the code itself.
Is it safe to open the link in a QR code?
Check the address first: the site's name is shown in large type above the full link. Be wary of codes on parking meters, flyers and in unexpected messages that ask for payment or a login. Nothing opens until you click Open.
Why wasn't a code found?
It may be blurred, cut off, too small or at a sharp angle. Crop the picture closer to the code, or take a sharper, straight-on photo. Codes that are damaged or covered can't always be read.
Does it read barcodes too?
Yes: EAN-13 and EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, ITF and Codabar, plus Data Matrix, Aztec and PDF417. A product barcode gives its number, not a price or product page.