Repair Corrupted PDF
Salvage a damaged PDF using qpdf — fixes broken cross-reference tables, recovers what's recoverable, often opens unopenable files.
1. Upload your file
How does the Repair Corrupted PDF work?
Sometimes a PDF gets corrupted — partial download, an interrupted save, a flaky USB stick, or a tool that wrote a malformed cross-reference table. The result: a PDF that won't open, or opens with errors. This tool runs qpdf's repair pass: re-parse the document, rebuild the cross-reference table, disable object streams (the most common source of corruption), and re-emit a clean, linearised PDF. Many "broken" PDFs come back working perfectly; severely damaged ones may still fail or come back missing pages. Files are processed and deleted right after you download.
🔒 Security & Privacy
Files are encrypted in transit and processed on a secure server. Your file is automatically deleted right after you download — we never store your documents.
📱 Use it on any device
Works in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.
⚡ Quick & easy
Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.
🎁 Always free, no signup
Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no “trial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.
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