Where is the PDF saved on iPhone?

In the Files app, in the Downloads folder, on the iPhone or in iCloud Drive, depending on Safari's download setting.

The PDF is too large to email. What now?

Shrink it with Compress PDF, also in Safari.

Updated on 10 October 20261 min read

How to make a PDF from photos on iPhone

In short

Open this page in Safari, tap the upload area, choose Photo Library and select the photos. Safari passes them on as JPG, you put them in order and download the PDF. Everything stays on the iPhone.

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JPG to PDF

Choose one or more images, put them in the right order and rotate them if needed. You get a PDF with one page per image.

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The steps, in short

Open the page in SafariIt also works in Chrome for iPhone.
Choose the photosTap the upload area, then Photo Library. Select all the photos at once.
Reorder and rotateUse the arrows under each photo.
DownloadAfter Download, the PDF is in the Files app under Downloads.

Without a website: the Files app

If the photos are already in the Files app, select them, tap the three-dot menu and choose Create PDF. It's quick, but you can't easily check the order, and it doesn't work straight from the Photos app.

HEIC: why portals reject iPhone photos

By default the iPhone saves photos as HEIC, which many websites don't accept. When you choose photos from your library on a website, Safari usually converts them to JPG automatically, so the tool here receives them correctly.

To make the iPhone take JPG photos directly: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible.

For documents: scan instead

The Notes app has a built-in scanner: open a note, tap the camera and choose Scan Documents. The page is cropped and straightened automatically and the result is already a PDF. You can then combine it with other documents using Merge PDF.