Repair a corrupted PDF and see what we recovered before you pay.
Upload a PDF that won't open. We rebuild it from what's still inside and show you a free recovery summary — page and object counts and a short excerpt of recovered text. If the summary shows what you need, unlock the repaired file for a one-time $12.
Drop a file here or click to uploadFree preview before you pay
Your files auto-delete within 48 hours
No person watches your video as part of repair
Intro
A PDF is a chain of numbered objects — pages, fonts, text and image streams — held together by a cross-reference table that tells the reader where each object lives. When a download is cut off, a save is interrupted, or a disk hiccups, that table or the trailer behind it gets damaged. The reader can no longer find the objects, so it gives up with "damaged" or "failed to load" errors even though the pages themselves are often still in the file.
FileFix reads the raw bytes directly, rebuilds the cross-reference table, and salvages the objects and content streams that survived, then re-assembles them into a readable document. When the structure is the problem, that brings the pages back. When the content was never written to disk, there is nothing to rebuild — and we tell you that instead of pretending otherwise.
You never install anything, and you don't create an account to try it. You upload, you read the recovery summary, you decide.
What we can and can't recover
We can usually fix
- PDFs that show "the file is damaged and could not be repaired"
- PDFs Chrome or Edge won't open ("Failed to load PDF document")
- files cut off mid-download or mid-save
- PDFs with a broken cross-reference table or trailer
We can't fix
- password-protected or encrypted PDFs
- genuinely empty (0-byte) files
- deleted or formatted files (that's data recovery, a different job)
- pages whose content was never written to disk
How it works
- Upload. Drop the file in. It uploads over an encrypted connection.
- We rebuild it. The repair runs automatically — no person looks at your file.
- Read the summary, then decide. You see exactly what we recovered — page and object counts and a short excerpt of recovered text. If the summary shows what you need, unlock the repaired PDF for a one-time $12.
You see a recovery summary built from your actual file before you decide anything — so you never guess.
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Questions
Is my file private?
Yes. Uploads travel over an encrypted connection, the repair is fully automated, no person looks at your file, and everything auto-deletes within 48 hours.
What does it cost?
A one-time $12 — and only if the repair works. The recovery summary is free: you see page and object counts and a short excerpt of recovered text before you decide, and if we can't rebuild your file there's nothing to pay.
What if you can't fix it?
Then we say so. If the data you need didn't survive, the summary shows that honestly — we'd rather tell you than waste your time.
How long does it take?
Usually a few minutes, depending on the file's size. You can watch the progress on the page.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything runs in your browser and on our servers — nothing to download, no add-ins, no macros.