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15 Sep 2026
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How To Scan a Document with an iPhone

By James, Mozillion Team•

Did you know you can use your iPhone as a scanner to scan documents and images? Here's how.


Follow these steps or watch the video below.

  1. 1Head into your Notes app on your phone - this is where all your iPhone's scanner features live.
  2. 2Once you're there, tap the pen icon in the bottom corner to start a new note
  3. 3In the new note you have a few icons appear mid way down the screen. Tap the camera icon and we'll then see some extra options.
  4. 4Press scan document to get the scanning process started.
  5. 5Grab the document you want to scan (works best if it is placed on a flat surface) and focus it inside the camera frame.
  6. 6The document will be surrounded by a yellow box once your iPhone has recognised it.
  7. 7If your iPhone camera doesn't automatically recognise the document after a couple of seconds, you can also press the circle capture button to capture it manually.
  8. 8If you have a document with several pages just follow this capture process with each page one after the other.
  9. 9When you've finished capturing all the pages, just press the save icon.
  10. 10The documents will then appear in your notes and you can add any text you'd like underneath or edit the name of the file.
  11. 11If you want to delete a page, tap the toolbar on the top right and you'll see three dots appear on the pages - tap that and along with several other options you'll also see delete page.
  12. 12Your scanned documents can then either be viewed on your phone or you can share or email them as a PDF document.

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