Email QR Code Generator — scan to open a ready-to-send email
Want people to email you with one scan, without typing your address or a subject? Use an email QR code: set the recipient, then optionally prefill a subject and body, and scanning opens their mail app with it all filled in. Common for support, feedback, event sign-ups and product quotes. Local, no upload.
An email QR code uses the mailto: standard to encode a recipient address (plus an optional subject and body) into the pattern. Scanning opens the phone's mail app with the recipient, subject and body already filled in — the person just taps Send. It's ideal on cards, posters, menus and manuals as a contact or feedback entry point. Enter an address below to generate; content is processed locally, never uploaded.
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Why prefill a subject and body
Give only an address and the person still has to invent a subject and figure out what to write; prefill the subject and body and you steer them into the format you want. A repair code might prefill the subject 'Equipment repair' and a body 'Asset ID: ____ / Fault: ____'; a sign-up code might prefill 'Sign-up: Spring meetup' with the fields to complete. The person scans, fills a few blanks, and sends — and the email you receive is tidier and easier to process. Subject and body are optional; an address alone works fine.
Will it send the email by itself?
No. An email QR code only helps the recipient open and fill in a draft; whether and how to send it stays in their hands until they tap Send — that's how mail apps are designed, and scanning can never quietly send mail on someone's behalf. So you can safely print it on public materials: at most it saves people from typing your address and a subject, and it never causes an unconfirmed send.
Frequently asked questions
Does scanning an email code send the email automatically?
No. It only opens the person's mail app and fills in the recipient, subject and body as a draft; whether to send, and any edits first, are entirely up to them tapping Send. Scanning never sends mail for anyone.
Are the subject and body required?
No. Just the recipient address makes a 'scan to email me' code. Subject and body are optional and used to steer people into the format you want, so the email you receive is neater.
What if the person's phone has no email set up?
If the phone has no mail app or account, scanning may prompt them to choose or set one up, or it may not launch directly. That's a setting on their device, not a problem with the code; nearly all phones ship with a mail app.
Updated · QR Cat team