You can turn your iPhone into a pocket scanner in seconds, and the best part is you don’t need any extra app – Notes does the heavy lifting for you right inside the app you already use every day.

Start a note and open the scanner

• Open the Notes app and either create a new note or open an existing one where you want the document to live.
• Tap the attachments (camera/plus-style) button above the keyboard and choose Scan Documents from the menu.

Capture the document cleanly

• Point your iPhone so the entire page fits inside the on-screen frame; Notes will automatically detect edges and capture the scan for you when it’s lined up well.
• If the lighting is tricky, adjust the flash (on, off, or auto) from the top of the screen so the text stays sharp without glare.

Tweak the look and controls

• Before you save, you can switch filters – like color, grayscale, or black & white – to make receipts, contracts, or handwritten notes easier to read.
• Use Automatic shutter if you want the phone to snap on its own, or switch to Manual so you tap the shutter button each time you’re ready.

Add more pages in one go

• After the first page is scanned, just keep pointing your camera at the next page to add more scans to the same document, handy for multi-page bills or class notes.
• When you’re done, tap Save and Notes will bundle those pages together and drop them right into the note as a single scanned document.

Why use Notes instead of a separate scanner app?

• Everything stays in one place alongside your text notes, checklists, or to‑dos, so you’re not hunting through multiple apps when you need that one receipt or signed form later.
• Scanned documents in Notes are easy to search, share, or back up with iCloud, which makes it a simple, built‑in workflow for students, freelancers, and anyone going paper-light.