Unlock a PDF — remove a password you already know
Remove a password from a PDF you can already open, so you stop being asked for it every time. This is not a password cracker — you need to know the password, and the tool tells you plainly what the unlocked copy gives up.
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
All processing happens in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.
This removes a password you already have. It does not break encryption and cannot open a document whose password you do not know. Only remove protection from files you have the right to.
How to use
- Drop in the PDF. If it is encrypted, a password box appears.
- Enter the password. It is used by your browser and never sent anywhere.
- Remove the password. A new copy is built without any protection on it.
- Save the result. It opens straight away in any reader.
Questions
Can this open a PDF whose password I do not know?
No, and it is not trying to. It removes protection from a document you can already open. There is no cracking, guessing or bypassing here — without the password nothing happens.
Does the unlocked copy lose anything?
Yes, and this is the trade-off. The library that can read encrypted PDFs cannot write them, so the unlocked file is rebuilt from rendered pages. It looks identical and prints identically, but the text is no longer selectable or searchable. Keep the original.
Is my password sent anywhere?
No. It is passed to the PDF engine running inside your browser tab, in memory, and is gone when you close the page. Nothing about the file or the password touches a network.
What about a PDF that opens fine but will not let me print or copy?
That is an owner password — permission restrictions rather than encryption. Running it through this tool produces a copy with no restrictions, since the rebuilt document carries none of the original flags.
Is this legal?
Removing protection from your own documents, or ones you have permission to use, is entirely ordinary — people do it constantly with bank statements and payslips. Doing it to someone else's file to get around a restriction they set is not. That judgement is yours to make.