PDF inspector
See page count, page sizes, metadata and whether a PDF has a text layer.
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PDF files. Nothing is uploaded — your file stays on this device.
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About PDF inspector
- What does PDF inspector do?
- See page count, page sizes, metadata and whether a PDF has a text layer.
- Who is it for?
- Students handing in work, professionals sending contracts and reports, administrators preparing submissions, and anyone who has hit an email attachment limit. No technical knowledge is needed.
- Is it free?
- Yes. PDF inspector is free with no account, no watermark on your output, no daily cap and no trial period. Because it runs on your own device it costs us nothing to run, which is why there is no catch.
- Is it safe to use with confidential files?
- Yes, and not because we promise to behave. PDF inspector never sends your file anywhere — the work happens in your browser. There is no upload, so there is no copy of your document in our systems at any point.
- What file formats are supported?
- Input: PDF.
- How does it know whether my PDF is a scan?
- It samples the text layer. If the pages contain almost no extractable characters, the file is an image-only scan and you will need OCR rather than text extraction.
How to use it
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Add your file
Drag it onto the box above, or use Browse files. On a phone you can also take a photo or pick from your camera roll.
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Check the settings
Sensible defaults are already chosen. Most people never need to change them.
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Run it
The progress bar shows real progress, not a decorative animation. Everything happens on your device.
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Preview the result
Look at the output before you download. If it is not right, adjust a setting and run it again — nothing has been saved anywhere.
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Download
Save the file. Closing this tab discards it from memory, so download anything you want to keep.