Scan documents, like receipts, letters and billing statements, to save them as searchable PDFs on your Google Drive.
Scan a document
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- Open the Google Drive app .
- At the bottom right, tap Add and then Scan or the camera icon .
- Point your device's camera at a document.
- A blue line outlines the document. This indicates where the picture will be cropped.
- Take a photo of the document that you'd like to scan.
- Optional: You can toggle automatic capture by choosing between manual and auto capture.
- Adjust your scanned document.
- Adjust scan area: Tap Crop and rotate .
- Adjust the colours or make image greyscale: Tap Filter .
- Erase stains, fingers and more: Tap Clean .
- Scan another page: Tap Add .
- Retake the photo: Tap Retake .
- Delete a page: Tap Delete .
- Tap Done.
- Create your own filename or select a suggested title.
- Optional: To select the Drive folder where you'll save the document, tap Location.
- To save the finished document, tap Save.