Repair a damaged PDF
Diagnose a PDF that won't open or edit properly, then rebuild its structure, rescue readable pages (rasterising those that can't be copied), or strip broken metadata and actions.
How to use Repair PDF
- Open the damaged PDF.
- Read the diagnostics.
- Choose a recovery mode and download the rebuilt file.
When to use it
- Truncated downloads and email attachments.
- PDFs that error in some viewers.
- Files exported by buggy software.
What to expect
- Pages with unrecoverable content can only be rescued as images.
- Some damage cannot be repaired.
Questions
Will it work on encrypted PDFs?
Enter the password first; repair needs to read the content.