Microsoft Axed Office Lens—Your Scans Now Live in OneDrive, and You’re Not Happy

Your favorite document scanner is vanishing—Microsoft’s killing Office Lens and forcing users to adapt to a newer, clunkier tool.

Microsoft will discontinue Office Lens (Microsoft Lens) for iOS and Android on February 9, 2025, with app functionality ending by March 9, 2025.

Document-scanning features for whiteboards, receipts, and documents will now reside in OneDrive, which now includes digital conversion to Word/PDF and editing tools.

Launched in 2015 for Windows Phone and later expanded to iOS and Android, Office Lens was a cornerstone of Microsoft’s mobile-first strategy. Its unique integration with Office apps is now considered redundant with OneDrive’s expanded capabilities.