Can I write an NFC tag from my phone without installing an app?

Yes. The tool uses the Web NFC interface: open the page in Chrome 89+ on an Android phone, enter your content and touch the tag with the phone. No app install, no registration, no limits.

Can I write NFC tags with an iPhone?

No. Safari does not support Web NFC, so an iPhone cannot write tags from the browser; iPhones can only read them. Use Chrome on an Android phone with NFC hardware to write.

Can I prepare the content on a computer and write it from the phone?

Yes. Fill the form on your computer and create a link; scanning the QR code with your phone camera opens the page there already filled in. You can also load a tag you read on the phone into the form and send it to your computer as a link. The content rides after the # in the link and is never sent to the server.

Which NFC tag should I buy?

NTAG213 holds a 132-byte NDEF message, NTAG215 492 bytes, NTAG216 872 bytes. A short link fits an NTAG213; a digital business card usually needs an NTAG215. The tool shows live how many bytes your content takes and which tags it still fits.

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NFC Tag Writer

Write NFC cards and tags straight from your phone: links, digital business cards, Wi-Fi, location. No app install, right in the browser.

Choose Content Type:

URL *

https:// is added automatically when missing.

Tag size0 bytes

UltralightNTAG213NTAG215NTAG216

Batch modeKeeps writing tag after tag until you stop.Lock after writingIrreversible — the tag can never be rewritten.

Write from your phone

Prepare the content here, scan the QR with your phone camera, and write the tag there.

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Batch Writing

Hundreds of tags, one setup

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Permanent Lock

Make tags read-only

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How do you program an NFC tag?

NFC (Near Field Communication) moves data when you hold a phone a few centimetres from a tag. What gets written is a standard NDEF message, and this page writes that message straight to the tag through your phone browser's Web NFC interface — no intermediary app.

Pick a content type, fill the fields, tap "Write to Tag" and touch the tag with your phone. The write takes under a second. Batch mode configures once and programs hundreds of tags as you present them one by one.

Which phones can write NFC tags?

Writing needs Web NFC: Chrome 89+ (and Edge) on Android phones with NFC hardware. iPhones can read NFC tags, but Safari does not support Web NFC, so they cannot write from the browser. Desktop machines have no NFC antenna.

The page runs over HTTPS and asks for NFC permission on your first write. If NFC is off in system settings, the browser returns an error.

Prepare on a computer, write from the phone

Typing a long contact card on a phone keyboard is a chore. Fill the form on your computer, tap "Create Link" and scan the QR with your phone camera: the page opens there already filled in, one tap from writing the tag.

It works the other way too: read an existing tag on your phone, tap "Load into the form", send yourself the link and keep editing on the computer. The content travels after the # in the link, which browsers never send to the server, so your Wi-Fi password or contact details stay out of server logs.

Which tag should I buy? (NTAG213 / 215 / 216)

Capacities differ: NTAG213 holds a 132-byte NDEF message, NTAG215 492 bytes, NTAG216 872 bytes. A short link fits an NTAG213 easily; a digital business card (vCard) usually wants an NTAG215. The size meter above shows live which tags your content still fits.

For metal surfaces choose an "on-metal" tag — plain stickers will not read on metal.

What does locking a tag do?

Locking makes the tag permanently read-only: the content can never be changed or erased again. It protects tags handed to customers or stuck in public places from being rewritten. It cannot be undone — read the tag back and verify it before you lock.

Where does my data go?

Nowhere. What you type is turned into an NDEF message in your browser and written straight to the tag; it is never sent to or stored on Renderhane servers. No sign-up required either.