QR Code Reader

Read QR codes from images on your computer

A QR code in an email, a screenshot or a photo of a flyer is hard to scan with your phone. Upload or paste the image and this tool finds the code and shows what's inside as text. You can also scan directly with a laptop or phone camera. Images and camera frames are decoded on this device and never sent anywhere.

What you'll see

• Web addresses — not opened automatically. The address and domain are shown first, with warnings for raw IP addresses, short links, unencrypted http and look-alike (punycode) domains. Click “Open link” only when you're satisfied.
• Wi-Fi — network name, password and security type in a table, so you can type them on a computer.
• Contacts — name, phone, email and company from a vCard.
• Text, phone, SMS, email — shown as-is, ready to copy.

Watch out for QR phishing

“Quishing” uses QR codes that look like parking fines, missed deliveries or tax notices to lure you to fake sites that steal personal or banking details. Scammers even paste fake stickers over real QR codes in public places. Before opening a link, check that the domain is official; close any page that asks you to install an app or enter card numbers or passwords. When in doubt, call the organization on its official number.

If a code won't read, crop the image so the code is large, or retake the photo straight on without shadows. To create your own code, use QR Code Generator.