Handybin

Repair PDF

Try to fix a PDF that's corrupted, won't open, or looks broken.

Drop a damaged PDF hereor click to browse

How it works

  1. 1Drop in the damaged PDF.
  2. 2Hit repair.
  3. 3Download the fixed file.

Questions people ask

How does the repair actually work?

First, it tries to rebuild the file's internal structure while keeping everything else intact — this fixes most common corruption and preserves selectable text. If that's not possible, it falls back to rendering each page as an image and rebuilding a fresh PDF from that, which trades away text selectability to guarantee something usable comes out.

Will this always work?

No — if a file is too badly damaged (missing critical data, not actually a PDF, etc.), there may be nothing left to recover.

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No — repair attempts happen entirely in your browser.