How to scan to PDF on a Samsung Galaxy
To scan to PDF on a Samsung Galaxy, open a scanner app, hold the phone over the page, and share the result as a PDF. ScanMojo does this for free, with no ads, no watermark, no scan limit and no account, on any Galaxy phone or tablet running Android 8.0 or later.
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Install ScanMojo from Google Play
It's free, with no account to create. Open it and allow camera access when asked.
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Tap Scan and hold the phone over the page
The camera opens in Document mode and outlines the page. With Auto-Capture on, it takes the shot by itself once the camera is steady.
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Turn to the next page
Hold steady again and keep going. Every page goes into the same document. Tap Done when you've finished.
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Check the pages and save
Crop or rotate a page, or switch between Original, Auto, Gray and B&W. Tap Save; ScanMojo names the document from the text on its first page.
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Share it as a PDF
Open the document and tap Share › PDF, then pick any app on the share sheet: email, messages, or your cloud storage.
Your Galaxy's built-in scanner, and when an app helps
Many Galaxy phones can scan from the Camera app: point it at a page, and when a yellow frame appears, tap the scan button, then Save. Samsung says these scans go to your Gallery. The setting's name and place vary with your One UI version, so if you don't see it, look in the Camera app's settings. For one page you only need to look at later, that's often enough.
A scanner app helps when the paper has to go somewhere. ScanMojo puts several pages into one PDF, cleans up each page, and lets you search the words in everything you've scanned.
Where your scans are saved
Your scans stay inside ScanMojo on your phone, in the document list, where you can sort them into folders and search them. They stay on the phone unless you share them or turn on sync to your own Google Drive, which is off by default and part of ScanMojo Pro.
To put a copy somewhere else, open the document, tap Share › PDF and choose an app. You can also get to it faster next time: press and hold the ScanMojo icon for a Scan shortcut, or add a ScanMojo widget to your home screen.
Galaxy tablets and foldables
On a tablet or a foldable, ScanMojo uses a sidebar, wider layouts and pages side by side, so it's easier to check a long document. Scanning works the same way, though a phone is usually easier to hold steady over a page.
Getting a clean scan
Put the page on a dark, plain surface so the edges stand out, and scan near a window or under even ceiling light. ScanMojo evens out shadows and can remove fingers and staples from the page edges, so you can hold a curled page down by its edge.
If the PDF is going to a US office, you can set PDF Page Size in Settings to Letter. Use A4 for most other countries.
Questions
Can you scan documents on a Samsung phone?
Yes. Many Galaxy phones can scan from the Camera app, and a free scanner app like ScanMojo adds multi-page PDFs, automatic clean-up and search across your scans.
How do I scan multiple pages into one PDF on a Samsung?
In ScanMojo, tap Scan and keep turning pages. Each page goes into the same document. Tap Done, then Save, and share it with Share › PDF.
Where do scanned documents go on a Samsung?
Scans made with the Galaxy Camera app go to your Gallery, according to Samsung. Scans made in ScanMojo stay in ScanMojo on your phone until you share them.
Is ScanMojo free on Samsung phones?
Yes. Scanning, clean-up, text recognition and PDF, image and text export are free, with no ads, no watermark and no scan limit. ScanMojo Pro is an optional subscription for extras like signing and merging PDFs.
