Unlock a password-protected PDF.

Enter the password you already know and get back an unlocked copy. Everything runs on your device — the file and password are never uploaded.

Open your network tab while it runs: zero requests. Your document stays yours.

How to remove a PDF password

  1. Select the locked PDF — drag it in or pick it from your device. We check locally whether it needs a password at all.
  2. Enter the password — the one you already know. For files with only owner restrictions (no copy / no print), no password is needed.
  3. Download the unlocked copy — a clean, unencrypted PDF with the text intact — no more password prompt every time you open it.

To be clear about scope: this removes protection using a password you already know, or lifts restriction-only locks. It does not crack unknown passwords — no honest tool can. It runs on the same in-browser engine as our PDF merger, PDF splitter, and PDF to Markdown converter — the file never leaves your machine.

Unlocking PDFs, honestly answered

No. This tool decrypts with the password you provide, then saves an unencrypted copy. If you don't know the password, it can't help — and any tool claiming otherwise for a properly encrypted file is overpromising.
No. Decryption happens entirely in your browser. Neither the PDF nor the password ever leaves your device — you can verify in the network tab.
Select the locked PDF, enter its password once, and download the unlocked copy — it opens without a prompt from then on, in every reader. The original stays untouched.
Usually yes. That's an owner-restrictions lock, and such files often need no password at all — select the file and the tool tells you.
Yes. Pages are copied intact into a fresh unencrypted file — text stays selectable and searchable.
Removing protection from a document you own or are authorized to modify — with a password you legitimately have — is normal use. Circumventing protection on documents you have no rights to is not, and this tool isn't built for that.
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