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How to turn phone photos into one PDF

You photographed the front and back of your ID, a receipt or a few pages of paperwork, and now you need to send them as one PDF. You don't need an app for this; your phone's browser is enough.

Step by step (iPhone and Android)

1. In your phone's browser (Safari, Chrome or Samsung Internet), open the JPG to PDF tool.
2. Tap the file area and pick the photos from your gallery. Select them in the order you want them in the PDF; the page order follows your selection.
3. For page size, choose Fit to A4 page. It gives the neatest result for document photos.
4. Tap Prepare. The PDF is saved to your phone: on iPhone in Files → Downloads, on Android in the Downloads folder.

Tips for cleaner photos

• Place the document on a dark, flat surface so the edges stand out.
• Shoot in daylight or a well-lit room and avoid the flash, which causes glare on paper.
• Hold the phone parallel to the document and get close enough for it to fill the frame.
• Zoom in on each photo afterwards to check that the text is readable.

HEIC photos on iPhone

iPhones store photos as HEIC by default. When you pick photos from the gallery, iPhone usually hands them over as JPG automatically, so in most cases you don't need to do anything. If a photo isn't added, go to Settings → Camera → Formats, choose Most Compatible and take the photo again.

What might help next

• File too large: Phone photos are big. Shrink the PDF with Compress PDF at the Balanced level. See the guide to reducing PDF size for details.
• Wrong order: Select the photos again in the right order, or fix the PDF with Reorder pages.
• A page is sideways: Turn just that page with Rotate PDF.
• You have other PDFs too: Put everything into one file with Merge PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Related tools

• JPG to PDF
• Compress PDF
• Reorder pages
• Merge PDF

Last updated: 7 November 2026