QR code scanner

Read the text inside a QR code or common barcode from an image on your device.

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Privacy details

QR code scanner processes your input in this browser. Inputs and results are excluded from analytics. Recent tools save tool names, visit counts and last-visit times. Saved tools store only their names. Draft saving is optional and stays on this device; delete saved text with the draft controls. Loading text from a URL is optional and contacts that server; its URL and your IP address are visible to the server. An optional “Use in” action keeps a handoff in this tab. The next tool removes it on arrival and ignores it if more than a minute has passed.

Copy link includes the inputs you choose to share in the address. Anyone with that link can reopen them. Files and generated results are excluded. Password and key tools share settings only.

Choose a code image

Or drop an image here or paste a screenshot.

Decoded content

Reading the example…

Image preview

Reset reloads the tool with its starting values and releases open files and device controls. Saved drafts stay on this device until you delete them.

Links include your inputs and settings. Anyone with the link can see them, so leave out private text. Files and generated results are left out; random draws run again.

Keyboard shortcuts

Updated 2026-09-19

Using QR code scanner

QR code scanner decodes a local PNG, JPEG or WebP image. The result remains plain text even if it looks like a link, so scanning cannot automatically open an unknown destination.

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A worked example

A QR image containing https://example.com/demo returns that exact text. The scanner does not visit the address.

Before you use the result

Supports QR, Code 128, Code 39, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and ITF images. It reads one code at a time. Small, blurred, cropped or low-contrast images may fail. This is not a camera or physical-scanner test.

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ToolOctopus. “QR code scanner.” Updated 2026-09-19. https://tooloctopus.com/qr-code-scanner.

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