Microsoft Lens - PDF Scanner

4.8
939K reviews
50M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Microsoft Lens (formerly Microsoft Office Lens) trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and documents readable.
You can use Microsoft Lens to convert images to PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, digitize printed or handwritten text, and save to OneNote, OneDrive, or your local device. You can even import images that are already on your device using Gallery.

PRODUCTIVITY AT WORK  
• Scan and upload all your notes, receipts, and documents
• Capture whiteboard at end of the meeting to keep those action items on track
• Scan printed text or handwritten meeting notes to edit and share later
• Keep your business networking contacts handy by scanning business cards and saving them to your contact list
• Choose to save as PDF, Image, Word or PowerPoint formats into OneNote, OneDrive, or local device as location

PRODUCTIVITY AT SCHOOL 
• Scan classroom handouts and annotate them in Word and OneNote
• Scan handwritten notes to digitize and edit later (works with English only)
• Take a picture of the whiteboard or blackboard to reference later, even if you're offline
• Keep class notes and your own research organized with the seamless integration with OneNote

By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: http://aka.ms/olensandterms.
Updated on
Mar 7, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data isn’t encrypted
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
921K reviews
Kimberly Kimberlin
April 1, 2025
Did someone decide to make this app user unfriendly in the last year or two? I have had to sit here going through multiple pages trying to figure out if I successfully sent over my images. I also wasn't able to look at the image I just took a photo of - there's a menu that won't go away until I press the image itself and then it finally goes away. I had to do this three times and do each page separately to make sure each page was correctly done. ANNOYING!!!
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Arthur Yambor
January 28, 2025
After 1\21\2025 Suddenly can no longer upload PDFs to OneDrive. Now, it's useless. Before 1\21\2025 Five stars Easy to use, uploads pdfs quickly to outlook, download anywhere. Now I use the Google Drive app, + New, Scan. It auto-names it pretty spot on instead of Lens's non-descript naming. Choose PDF or JPEG. Choose location (like My Drive). As simple as Lens, but actually can upload, save and sync files. This is why Microsoft keeps losing users.
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Robert Aroney
January 26, 2025
This was my go-to app for scanning documents quickly and easily, for many years. Until 2025 arrived and Microsoft automatically linked the app to my work (Teams) account, and now personal files scanned through the app are being uploaded to my work, and then access to view or download or share the files is blocked (unless I wanted to share them with work colleagues who have no business seeing them). Well done for completely breaking a wonderful product and making it useless to me.
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What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.