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QR Code Scanner

Scan a QR code with your camera, without installing an app.

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Drop an image with a QR code here, click to choose one, or paste a screenshot
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Scan QR Codes with Your Camera

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Most phones scan QR codes in the camera app, but laptops, some Android phones and work devices do not. This page opens the QR Code Reader with the camera button ready.

Safer than opening links straight away

Camera apps often open a link the moment they see it. Here the result is shown first, with the website name, so a fake QR sticker on a parking meter or poster has a chance to be spotted.

Related tools

For a code in a file or an email, see read a QR code from an image. To make your own, use the QR code generator.

Guides

How to Scan a QR Code on a Laptop or PC A QR code on your own screen cannot be scanned with the phone in your hand if the phone is the screen, and a laptop has no camera app for it. Here are the ways that work.

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