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Scan barcodes and QR codes
Decode a QR code or barcode from a photo or screenshot, straight to plain text.
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- Barcode & QR
How to scan a QR code from a photo or screenshot
Upload the image to the barcode scanner and the QR code is found and decoded automatically - no button to press. Copy the value, or open it directly if it is a link.
- Barcode & QR
How to scan a barcode online
Upload a photo of the barcode to the barcode scanner - EAN, UPC, Code 128, Code 39 and several other common formats are decoded automatically, and the value is shown as plain text to copy.
- Barcode & QR
Need to read a QR code from a screenshot? Do it in your browser
Upload the screenshot directly - there is nothing to point a camera at here, and there does not need to be. The code is read straight out of the image file, decoded automatically, in your browser.
- Barcode & QR
QR code won't scan? Here's how to read it anyway
A camera app giving up on a QR code is usually about image quality - blur, glare, a damaged or low-contrast print - not that the code is unreadable. Upload a photo of it here instead; a dedicated decoder is often more persistent than a camera app's live scanner.