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Deep Rebuild: Constructs a pristine PDF catalog, rebuilds XRef tables, and defragments all object streams.

Recover broken objects

Scans corrupted offset pointers

Fix corrupted streams

Decompresses & restores stream filters

Rebuild page tree

Restructures page index dictionary

Repair metadata

Fixes title, author, and creator headers

Learn & Help

How to Repair and Recover Damaged PDF Documents

1Upload Damaged PDF
Select the broken or unopenable PDF file.
2Choose Recovery Mode
Select Quick Recovery for index repairs or Deep Recovery for raw stream salvaging.
3Download Repaired PDF
Save your recovered document ready for viewing and editing.

Quick Recovery: Reconstructs damaged cross-reference index tables and file trailers.
Deep Recovery: Performs raw binary scanning to salvage individual page streams and embedded images.

XREF Table Reconstruction
Rebuilds missing or corrupted PDF index trailers and object maps.
Deep Stream Salvaging
Scans raw bytes to extract valid pages and images even from truncated files.
Page Tree Rebuilding
Synthesizes clean catalog headers and structural dictionaries.
Private & Secure
Salvage sensitive corporate documents securely without uploading them to cloud servers.

PDFixel repairs truncated file endings, corrupted cross-reference (XREF) tables, missing `/Root` catalog dictionaries, broken stream length headers, and missing font resource maps.

Deep Recovery parses the raw binary byte stream sequentially, identifying uncorrupted `/Page` dictionaries and decompression streams even if the primary index table is completely missing.

Repair PDF

Reconstruct broken PDF structures and rescue valuable document data.

Drop damaged or corrupted PDF file(s) here

Fix broken XRef tables • Reconstruct page catalogs • Strip header junk

Max 100MB per fileUp to 50 files

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