Microsoft Lens was that type of app: a mobile document scanner that turned paper documents, business cards, receipts, and anything else into easily readable digital files. Now, that app is being discontinued, Microsoft says, as it directs its users to its Copilot AI chat app instead.

Microsoft Lens is shutting down. Learn about the retirement timeline, data access, and the replacement app, Microsoft 365 Copilot.

The liked Microsoft Lens PDF Scanner app is getting killed soon, with the company trying to push users to the poorly-received Copilot service, that as an additional insult, doesn't do everything that Lens did.