How to fax from an iPhone without an app

Why skip the app?

• No storage used and no updates to install.
• No in-app purchase screens or app permissions to sort through.
• The same account works on your iPhone, an iPad or a computer, so you can switch devices partway through a task.
• Your faxes stay in your account rather than on the phone, which helps if your iPhone is lost or replaced.

Step by step: send a fax in Safari

1. Save the document you want to send to the Files app, for example by tapping Share on an email attachment and choosing Save to Files.
2. Open Safari and sign in at FaxToFax.com with your email and the one-time code. If you are new, the four-step setup asks for your email, the code, a fax number choice and activation.
3. Start a new fax and tap the attach option. iOS shows a menu: choose Browse to pick from Files, or Photo Library for an image.
4. Check that you picked the right file. FaxToFax accepts PDF, PNG and JPG files.
5. Add a cover page or pick one of your saved cover page templates.
6. Type the recipient's fax number with the area code, confirm it on the check screen and send.

Common problems and fixes

If a fax keeps failing to the same number, call the recipient's office during business hours and ask them to confirm the fax number and that their machine is on and has paper.

• The attach button does nothing: make sure Safari is up to date and try again, or check that the file is a PDF, PNG or JPG.
• The fax shows Failed: confirm the number is a fax line and not a voice line. Failed faxes use no pages from your plan, so you can retry.
• Your session ended mid-task: you were signed out for inactivity. Sign in again with a new one-time code.
• The file is a Word document: open it in Pages or Word on the iPhone and export or share it as a PDF first.
• You cannot find the file when attaching: it may be in an email or messaging app rather than Files. Save it to Files first, then try again.