This guide shows you how to turn a PDF — lecture slides, a textbook chapter, or a research paper — into a deck of study flashcards in one click. You upload the file, it opens in an in-browser viewer, and Chrome's built-in AI writes the questions and answers on your own device.
Create flashcards from a PDF
- Open the PDF Flashcard Generator.
- Drag & drop your PDF onto the upload box, or click to choose a file from your device.
- The PDF opens in the viewer and on-device AI reads it and starts writing question-and-answer cards. Pick how many cards to make.
- Review the drafts: reword a question, fix an answer, or uncheck any card you don't want.
- Click Create flashcards to save them as a deck in your Flashcards library.
- Start a learning session and study the deck with spaced repetition so a whole chapter actually sticks.
Good to know
- The generator uses Chrome's built-in AI, so you need Chrome 138+ or a recent Edge. The first run downloads a model (about 3–4 GB) once.
- Your PDF is stored temporarily and deleted after a short window unless you create a free account. The flashcards are written on your device.
- Want to mark up the document instead? The same viewer also lets you highlight and annotate the PDF.
Studying from a web page instead? See how to create flashcards from any website, browse ready-made learning decks, or read the spaced-repetition learning docs.