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PDF Scan Cleanup

Clean scanned PDF pages using document-image processing.

or drop PDF here ·

Files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded.PDF

  1. 1

    Choose PDF

    Pick PDF from your device or drop them on the page. Type is checked from the file’s bytes, not its name.

  2. 2

    Set options

    Optional deskew and contrast. Leave Preserve text off.

  3. 3

    Save PDF

    Processing happens in this tab. You download a new copy; your originals are never changed.

How it works

  1. Choose an unencrypted scanned PDF.
  2. Optional deskew and contrast. Leave Preserve text off.
  3. Download a cleaned raster PDF at the original page size.

Files stay in this tab. No upload.

Conventional filters only. Not a neural document scanner. Selectable text is lost.

Supported inputs and outputs

PDF in and out. Output is a raster PDF.

Example

A bar skewed about 6° is deskewed; page width and height in points are kept.

Questions and answers

Is this AI scan cleanup?

No. It is grayscale, contrast stretch, and projection deskew.

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