How to generate a free QR-code: step-by-step

15 October, 2024 • 4 minutes read

How do I create my own QR code? In this blog we explain it step-by-step, in an understandable manner. Create your QR code now!

An easy tutorial

How do I generate my own QR-code? At QRcode.me this is free, easy, and quick! We will explain step-by-step how you can create a QR-code on our site.

Create a QR-code

Creating a static QR-code

At our generator you have many QR-code applications that you can choose from. You can choose wat kind of information you want the QR-code to contain. You can choose from the following:

Link (website)
Text
Video
Audio
PDF
Photo
Contact details
Multiple links
Review

The option Link (website) sends the scanner to the website, the option text shows a text when the QR-code is scanned, the option PDF allows one to share PDF's through the QR-code and so on. This is the free QR-code generator. You can see all the available QR-code options at the top.

Entering information into the QR-code

If you've selected the right option, you can proceed to enter the necessary information. Entering the right information is very easy: fill in the requested information for every bar. The info that is filled in decides where the QR-code leads to. It is therefore important that there are no spelling errors, because this will make the QR-code malfunction. Enter the link where the QR-code has to lead to.

Customizing the QR-code

Optionally you can customize the QR-code, but this is not required. If you want to know exactly how to customize, click here. These elements can be customized:

Color
Background
Design
Edges
Own logo
Frame
Text
Pixels and quality

These are the 5 main customizable options.

Done!

It is wise to test the QR-code before saving. To do this, scan the concept version on the right with your phone. In case it doesn't work: Check everything again, or click here for the top 10 reasons why QR-codes fail to work. If your QR-code works, you'll just have to click save. Now you can download the QR-code in SVG, PNG or PDF file format. Congrats on creating your own QR-code! You can download your QR-codes in PNG, SVG, or PDF file format.

Donation

At QRcode.me you are never bound to any subscription.

Are you not willing to wait before downloading, or do you want to download your QR-code in PDF, save your QR-code design, and support QRcode.me? This is possible for one-time [Qrcode_static_price_incl]. This brings you all these worthwhile lifetime advantages. Want to know more? Click here.

Generating a dynamic QR-code

Dynamic QR-codes can be edited, and it's possible to track the amount of scans.

Next to static QR-codes, we also offer dynamic QR-codes. Below we will explain step-by-step how you can create a dynamic QR-code.

Log in or create an account

The first step when creating dynamic QR-codes is to log into, or create an account on our website. This is necessary for tracking scans, and for editing the QR-codes. Login page dynamic QR-codes.

Entering information for the QR-code

This works as follows:

Click on 'create a dynamic QR-code';
Name your QR-code so you can distinguish it from others;
Enter the link where the QR-code should lead to;
Choose a customized link, that will be visible on the screen when scanning the QR-code. You can choose from qrcode.ly, qrlink.me, scanqr.nl and qr.do.

Here you can fill in the info and create a customized link.

QR-code customization

You can customize the QR-code, just like with the static QR-code. Next to that, dynamic QR-codes have one extra option to customize. You can show your own customized link on screen. This link can be max. 64 characters, and can only contain numbers, letters or dashes. A customized link with 'walmart.qr.do' in it.

Done?

By scanning the concept version on the right, you can test your QR-code before saving it. In case it doesn't work: Check your entered information again, or take a look at the top 10 reasons why QR-codes fail to work. If everything works: just click on finish and save and you're done! Now that the QR-code is finished, you are on the main page. Here you can see all your QR-codes, and download, edit or view their scans. The QR-code can be downloaded in various file formats. By editing the text of 'name QR-code' you are naming your QR-code differently. By editing the link/website bar the QR-code will lead to a different page. This is the main page; an oversight of all your dynamic QR-codes.

QRcode.me logo

When scanning a dynamic QR-code, the logo of QRcode.me is visible on-screen for 2 seconds. If you want to remove this, do so by clicking on the 'delete QRcode.me logo' button. This one-time purchase costs just [qrcode_single_price] per QR-code. Do you want to remove the logo from multiple QR-codes? This is also possible! This, again, is a one-time purchase. For the exact cost of bundles of QR-codes, click here. QRcode.me logo that is briefly visible.