Repair a PDF that won’t open
Re-parsed, rebuilt and rewritten with a clean structure — on your device.
Repair PDF now — free →A PDF that refuses to open often has a broken cross-reference table, a truncated trailer or junk appended after the end of the file. Bindery re-parses the document — leniently if it must — recovers every readable page, drops what cannot be read, and writes a fresh file with a clean structure.
Honest scope: a file whose page tree is completely destroyed cannot be reconstructed, and Bindery will tell you so instead of pretending. Bindery runs entirely in your browser — your file is never uploaded, so there is nothing to delete from a server afterwards.
How it works
- Open Repair and choose the damaged file — raw files are accepted
- Bindery re-parses, rebuilds and verifies the result
- Download the repaired copy; the damaged original stays untouched
Questions people ask
What kinds of damage can be fixed?
Broken cross-reference tables, truncated trailers, trailing garbage data and recoverable object corruption. The rebuilt file gets a completely fresh structure.
What can’t be repaired?
A file with no recoverable page tree — for example one truncated before its content — cannot be rebuilt from nothing. Bindery says so clearly rather than producing an empty file.
Is my broken file uploaded for analysis?
No. The parsing and rebuilding run in your browser. Damaged files often contain exactly the content you least want on a server.