Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September.
Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and it is capable of scanning both printed and handwritten text. Currently, the app has been downloaded 50 million times on the
Google Play Store (with over 952,000 reviews with an average of 4.9/5 rating) and received nearly 136,000 ratings on
Apple's App Store.
According to Microsoft's timeline, the retirement process will begin in mid-September, with new Apple App Store and Google Play Store installs to be disabled one month later.
Starting in mid-November, Microsoft Lens will be removed from app stores. Users who still have it installed will no longer be able to create new scans after mid-December 2025.
"This change affects users of the Microsoft Lens mobile app on iOS and Android. After December 15, 2025, users will no longer be able to create new scans in the app,"
Redmond said in a Thursday message center note.
"Existing scans will remain accessible in the app's MyScans folder, but this functionality will no longer be supported. Users can continue scanning using the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, which offers similar functionality. Scans saved to OneDrive will be accessible via the MyCreations section in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app."
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