Scan documents like receipts, letters, and billing statements to save them as searchable PDFs on your Google Drive.
Scan a document
- Open the Google Drive app
.
- In the bottom right, tap Add
.
- Tap Scan
.
- Take a photo of the document you'd like to scan.
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Adjust scan area: Tap Crop
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Take photo again: Tap Re-scan current page
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Scan another page: Tap Add
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Adjust scan area: Tap Crop
- To save the finished document, tap Done
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Add a scanning shortcut to your Home screen
To set up a shortcut to scan documents:
- Open your Android phone or tablet’s widgets.
- Find the "Drive scan" widget.
- Touch and hold the widget.
- Drag it onto your Home screen. You may be asked to select an account.
- Choose the folder you’ll save documents inside. If you want to create a folder, tap New Folder
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- Tap Select. You’ll see the folder name in the widget.