Frequently asked questions

No. Every tool on UtilityNest runs inside your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your PDFs, photos and archives are read and processed on your own device and are never sent to us or anyone else. Once a page has loaded, most tools keep working even if you go offline.

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark on your results and no daily limit. The site is supported by ads, which is how it stays free.

We don't set one. Because processing happens on your device, the practical limit is your device's memory. Files of a few hundred megabytes work on most laptops; phones do best with smaller files.

Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPhone. A few heavy tools, such as OCR and large batch jobs, are faster on a computer.

You don't have to trust us with them, because they never reach us. That is the main difference from most online converters, which upload your file to their servers to process it.

Yes. The tools are free for personal and commercial use, and results carry no watermark or branding.

Ads pay for the site so the tools can stay free with no account and no limits. Ads never have access to your files.

Try a desktop browser if you are on a phone, since some jobs need more memory. If the file is password protected, unlock it first. If it still fails, tell us through the contact page which tool and browser you used.

Most of them do once the page has loaded, because the processing happens on your device. Tools that download helper data on first use, such as OCR, need a connection the first time.

No. Results are created in your browser and saved straight to your device. We never receive them.