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Scan with the kDrive mobile app

Update 10/27/2026

This guide explains how to scan documents (including multi-page documents) using the kDrive mobile app (application for iOS/Android smartphones or tablets).

 

Prerequisites

  • Have a kDrive.
  • Install the kDrive mobile app (❓: help) and log in.

 

Scan documents

To quickly scan paper documents and store them on your kDrive:

  1. Launch the kDrive mobile app on your iOS or Android device.
  2. Tap the icon ‍ at the bottom:
  3. Tap Scan a document in the panel that opens:
  4. If necessary, grant the permissions (camera, etc.) requested by the app.
  5. The search and detection of documents is performed automatically as soon as the image is stable (text and a circle will indicate this), but you can tap the central circle to trigger a capture manually.
  6. If necessary, enable the use of the flash.
  7. When scanning a series of documents, you can manually insert a file already present in your device's gallery to add it to your final multi-page document:
  8. If the selected image does not meet your needs, you can repeat the operation.
  9. Once you have selected an image, you can apply a rotation, a filter such as black & white, cropping, etc.
  10. You can add other scans to your final document:
  11. Once you have added all your pages (the number is displayed on the button), click Finish at the bottom right:
  12. If your scan contains multiple pages, they will be grouped into a PDF to be saved in the location of your choice on kDrive; if there is only one image, you can choose to save it in .JPG format (iOS only):
  13. The document is sent to kDrive, and you can view it:
  14. You can also find it on all your connected devices:

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