Convert TIF to PDF - Free, Private, No Watermark
Scanners and fax machines still produce TIFF, but every recipient expects a PDF. Drop your .tif or .tiff files here and each one becomes a clean PDF that opens in any reader on any device — and a multi-page scan stays multi-page, one PDF page per TIFF page, in the original order. The conversion runs entirely in your browser, which matters when the thing you are scanning is a contract, an ID, or a medical record.
Drop files here
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Up to 100.0 MB per file
How to use this tool
Upload your TIF files
Drag .tif or .tiff files onto the box above, or click to browse. Files up to 100 MB are accepted and you can convert several scans in one go.
Click Convert
Your browser decodes every page in the TIFF and writes each one into the PDF at its true physical size, using the resolution your scanner recorded — so a 300 DPI A4 scan becomes an A4 page rather than a 34-inch-wide one.
Download your PDF
Save each PDF, or take the batch as a ZIP. Every file was created locally - no copy of your document was sent anywhere.
Combine separate scans if you need to
Each TIF becomes its own PDF, carrying all of its pages. To join several separate scans into a single document, run the results through our Merge PDF tool, which also works entirely in the browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the text in my scan be searchable?
No. A scanned TIFF is a picture of text, not text, and this tool wraps that picture in a PDF without changing it. Making the words searchable requires optical character recognition, which is a separate step - most desktop PDF readers and Acrobat offer an OCR command for exactly this.
How big will the PDF be?
Roughly the size of the image data across all its pages, usually smaller than the original TIFF because each page is stored PNG-compressed inside the PDF. An uncompressed 60 MB scan typically produces a PDF of a few megabytes. If you need it smaller still, run the result through our Compress PDF tool.
Does a multi-page TIFF stay multi-page?
Yes. A multi-page TIFF — the usual output of a document scanner or a fax machine — becomes a PDF with one page per TIFF page, in the original order, each sized independently. Embedded low-resolution preview pages are skipped. Files above 200 pages are refused with a clear message rather than left to freeze the tab.
Is there a watermark or a page limit?
Neither. The PDF you download contains your image and nothing else - no watermark, no footer, no branding, and no cap on how many files you convert. There is no account to create because there is no server doing the work.
Is it safe to convert confidential scans here?
Yes, and you can verify it. The conversion runs in a Web Worker on your own machine, so open your browser's Network tab before you click Convert and you will see that your file is never sent anywhere. The page works offline once loaded, which is the strongest proof possible.
Will the PDF pages be the right physical size?
Yes, whenever your scanner recorded a resolution. TIFF stores the scan DPI, and we use it to size each page, so a 2480 by 3508 pixel A4 scan at 300 DPI becomes a true A4 PDF page instead of a 34-inch-wide one. Files with no usable resolution tag fall back to one pixel per point.
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