Repair a Corrupted PDF Online Free
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How to repair a corrupted PDF online
- Choose the PDF that won't open properly, looks broken, or throws an error elsewhere.
- Click Repair PDF. VitePDF first tries to rebuild the file's internal structure while keeping the text and layout fully intact.
- If the damage is too severe for that, it automatically falls back to recovering whatever individual pages can still be read, as images.
- Download the repaired file — the summary tells you exactly which kind of recovery happened, and how much was recovered.
Why use VitePDF
- Two real recovery strategies, not just a re-save: a structural rebuild that keeps everything searchable, with a page-by-page image fallback for files too damaged for that.
- Honest reporting — if your file was fine all along, it says so instead of pretending to have fixed something.
- Everything happens in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of PDF damage can this fix?
Things like a partially corrupted download, a bit of data damage, or a broken/missing cross-reference table often recover cleanly with a full structural rebuild. If the file is more severely damaged, VitePDF falls back to reading whatever individual pages it still can, page by page.
Will the repaired file still have selectable text?
If the structural rebuild succeeds (the common case), yes — everything, including text, stays exactly as searchable and editable as the original. Only the page-by-page image fallback, used when the file is too damaged for that, produces pages that are images instead of text.
What if it can't be repaired at all?
VitePDF will tell you plainly rather than hand back something broken — either the file isn't a real PDF, or the damage goes deeper than any recovery approach can work around.
Is there a file size limit?
Files up to 70 MB are free — Premium removes that limit entirely.
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