Repair PDF, recover damaged files
Fix corrupted or partially damaged PDFs that won't open, using Ghostscript to rebuild the file's structure. This tool runs on our server, not in your browser.
Runs on our server in Mumbai, India, deleted right after
Drop your files
Server-side processing (necessary for this tool). File deleted right after we send back the result.
Up to 100 MBFiles stay in your browser
Why this tool needs a server (and how we handle it)
- This tool needs a binary that doesn't run in browsers (Ghostscript, qpdf, LibreOffice, or Tesseract).
- Your file is processed in an isolated tmpdir per request, on our own server: a VPS in Mumbai, India.
- We delete the tmpdir immediately after the response is sent. A cron backstop clears anything left within an hour (for example after a crash).
- The disk is not encrypted at rest; the file only exists on it for the seconds it takes to process, then is deleted.
- No logging of file contents. No human review. Never used for training, never shared, never kept.
- Sent over HTTPS (TLS), with HSTS preload and a strict CSP enforced.
How to repair pdf
Three steps. Start to finish in under a minute.
1
Drop the damaged PDF
Upload the file that won't open. It is sent to our server over HTTPS.
2
We rebuild it with Ghostscript
The server reconstructs the internal structure and salvages what it can.
3
Download the repaired PDF
Your file is deleted from the server right after we send the result back.
Why LovedPDF
Why use LovedPDF for repair pdf
Ghostscript-powered
Industry-standard PDF repair engine.
Maximum content recovery
We do everything possible to salvage your content.
Honest about the server
We name where it runs (Mumbai, India), send over HTTPS, delete right after. No training.