Three Free Apps. One Clear Purpose.

Free PDF Tools.
Get More Done.

Merge documents, recognize text and turn pictures into PDFs with free software for your Windows PC.

  • Merge, Split And Edit PDFs
  • Turn Scans Into Searchable Text
  • Combine Pictures Into A PDF
  • Every Feature. Completely Free.

Installs Advanced PDF Utilities Free. OCR and JPG to PDF are separate apps.

Free Software. Every Feature Included.No Payment. No Registration.

Windows 11 & 10 · 64-bit · 33.4 MB

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Free To UseEvery Feature IncludedMade For Windows 11 & 10

Start With What You Need

Three Tasks. Three Free Tools.

Choose your document task. We’ll take it from there.

Choose the application for the file you have

Three separate apps, three practical starting points

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Advanced PDF Utilities Free

Start with an existing PDF when you want to read, edit or organize its pages.

  1. Open your PDF and check the page thumbnails.
  2. Use Organize pages for the page task you need; select the relevant pages before making a change.
  3. Save a separate copy and reopen it to check page order and content.
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Advanced OCR Free

Use OCR when the words are inside a scan or picture and you need recognized text.

  1. Add the document or image to the OCR app.
  2. Run recognition with the appropriate available language settings.
  3. Review the recognized text against the image, correct errors, then copy or export your result.
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Advanced JPG to PDF Free

Start with pictures when you want them together as pages in a PDF.

  1. Add your JPG or other supported image files.
  2. Arrange the thumbnails, rotate pages if necessary and review the page settings.
  3. Create the PDF, choose the destination, and check the finished page order.
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A Closer Look

Bring Your Pages Together

One useful workspace for your next PDF task.

One Document, In Your Order

Combine PDFs, rearrange pages and remove what you do not need before exporting a new document.

Keep Just The Pages You Need

Split a long document into smaller PDFs for sharing, filing or a project of your own.

Read And Make Changes

Open a PDF, review its pages, add annotations and explore the included editing tools.

PDFs And Pictures, Together

Create PDF pages from images or export pages as pictures for another project.

Add Password Protection

Choose a document password and save a protected copy for the people you share it with.

Optimize Your Document

Clean up the document structure. The size change depends on the PDF; some files may stay the same size or grow.

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Ready When You Are

A Better Way To Handle PDFs

Start with Advanced PDF Utilities Free, or choose a different tool above.

Free Software. Every Feature Included.No Payment. No Registration.

Advanced PDF Utilities Free

Windows 11 & 10 · 64-bit

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System Requirements & File Details

Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit. Required application runtimes are included with setup.

Version 8.1.0 · 33.4 MB · 33,360,272 bytes.

Setup includes an optional third-party software offer. You can decline it and still install this application.

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A Little Help Goes A Long Way

Find Your Next Step

Quick answers and practical ways to get started.

Questions & Answers

Are all three PDFCore apps free?

Yes. All included application features are free to use, with no payment or account registration required to unlock them.

Which PDFCore tool should I download?

Choose PDF Utilities for merging, splitting and editing PDF pages; OCR for recognizing scanned text; or JPG to PDF for combining pictures into a document.

Do I need to upload my documents?

The document tools run on your Windows PC. You do not need to upload PDFs, pictures or scans to this website to use them.

Which Windows version do I need?

The current installers are for Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit. The required application components are included.

Can these apps export Word documents?

Version 8.1.0 does not export DOCX. OCR can recover text from scans for you to review and paste into your own word processor.

Your Documents. A Little More Useful.

Get the free tools that turn a document task into a finished result.

Download PDF Utilities

Free Software. Every Feature Included.

For Windows 11 & 10 · 64-bit