How can I check a QR code before opening it?

Scan it with the QRelix QR code scanner. It shows the code's content and link and opens nothing until you choose to.

How does QRelix keep its QR codes from opening harmful sites?

It refuses destinations flagged as malware, phishing, or unwanted software, and turns off codes whose links become flagged later.

Does the online QR code scanner upload my image?

No. It reads the code in your browser.

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QR Code Safety Checks

Updated November 10, 2026

QRelix checks the link a dynamic QR code forwards to for malware, phishing, and unwanted software when the link is set or changed, and checks active codes again every month. Its QR code scanner shows what any QR code holds before anything opens. These checks apply on every plan.

When you set a destination

Every new or changed destination is looked up in Google Web Risk. A link flagged as malware, phishing, or unwanted software cannot be saved, and the editor says why.

Every month

Once a month, the links of every active dynamic code scanned in the last 30 days are looked up again, because a site can turn harmful after a code is printed. A code whose link is now flagged is turned off, its owner is told, and QRelix staff review it. It does not turn back on by itself.

Before you open a code

The online QR code scanner reads a code from your camera or an image in your browser, without uploading it, and shows its content and link. Nothing opens until you choose to.
The QRelix iPhone app checks scanned links for phishing before anything opens.

Report a code

When a scan shows a QRelix screen, the screen has a Report this code link for codes that look harmful.

Security & Access Controls: passwords, geofences, and other controls for your own codes

Questions

How can I check a QR code before opening it?: Scan it with the QRelix QR code scanner. It shows the code's content and link and opens nothing until you choose to.
How does QRelix keep its QR codes from opening harmful sites?: It refuses destinations flagged as malware, phishing, or unwanted software, and turns off codes whose links become flagged later.
Does the online QR code scanner upload my image?: No. It reads the code in your browser.