Repair PDF Files
Repair a damaged PDF and recover data from a corrupted PDF. Fix PDF files with our Repair tool.
Drop your damaged PDF file here
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Supports PDF files up to 25MB
Note: This tool attempts to repair damaged PDF files by recreating the document structure. It can fix common issues like corrupted page data, but may not be able to repair severely damaged files. The repair process preserves pages and basic metadata when possible.
PDFs can get corrupted. Maybe a download was interrupted, a file transfer went wrong, or the PDF was created by buggy software. Corrupted PDFs won't open, display errors, or have missing pages. Our repair tool attempts to fix these issues.
The repair process rebuilds the PDF structure, extracts readable pages, and creates a new, valid PDF file. It can't fix everything—severely damaged files might be unrecoverable—but it handles most common corruption issues.
Common PDF Problems
PDFs can fail to open, show "file is damaged" errors, display blank pages, or crash PDF readers. These issues often stem from corrupted file structure, incomplete downloads, or software bugs during PDF creation.
The repair tool tries multiple strategies: first rebuilding the structure, then extracting pages as images if needed. Most repairable PDFs can be fixed with one of these approaches.
How to repair a PDF
Upload the PDF file that won’t open correctly or shows errors.
We analyze the file and attempt to recover its content and structure.
Download the repaired PDF if the recovery is successful.
What Can and Can't Be Fixed
Structure corruption, incomplete files, and page data issues are often fixable. The tool can extract readable pages and rebuild the document. However, if the file is completely unreadable or the data is missing, repair may not be possible.
Even when repair succeeds, some features might be lost—interactive forms, annotations, or complex metadata. The priority is getting readable pages back. If you have the original source file, recreating the PDF is usually better than repairing.
PDF Repair Questions
How successful is PDF repair?
Success depends on the type and severity of corruption. Minor structure issues are usually fixable. Severely damaged files may only partially recover, or not at all. The tool tries its best, but some files are beyond repair.
Will all pages be recovered?
If pages are readable in the corrupted file, they'll be extracted. Some pages might be too damaged to recover. The repaired PDF will contain all recoverable pages, which may be fewer than the original if some were too corrupted.
What if repair fails?
If our tool can't repair the file, it may be too severely damaged. Try professional PDF repair software, or if you have access to the original source (Word, etc.), recreate the PDF from scratch.
Will text remain selectable after repair?
If pages are extracted as images (which happens for severely corrupted files), text won't be selectable. If the structure repair succeeds, text selectability may be preserved, depending on the original corruption.
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