How to Scan a QR Code With Your Phone Camera, and When to Be Careful

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About Course

QR codes are the small black-and-white squares you see on menus, posters, letters and car park signs. This course shows you, step by step, how to scan one with the camera already on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, and how to check where a code is taking you before you type in any details or pay.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course gives general guidance based on Apple, Google and Which? help pages. Menus and buttons vary between phone models and software versions, so check your own phone’s help pages if something looks different.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Scan a QR code with your iPhone, iPad or Android phone camera – no extra app needed
  • Use the Code Scanner or the Quick Settings “Scan QR code” button
  • Check the web address a code shows before you open it
  • Spot tampered codes and know safer ways to pay

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What a QR code is and scanning on an iPhone or iPad
  • Scanning on an Android phone
  • When to be careful with QR codes

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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