When to use it
Frequent access
Stop typing a password every time you open a file you own.
Archiving
Store documents without a password you might later forget.
Printing and sharing
Remove a password so a file prints or shares without prompts.
Remove the password from a PDF you can already open, so it opens freely from then on. Decryption runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
Select a PDF
Drag files here or click to choose
Enter the password the PDF is protected with.
Everything runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.
Save a version that opens without asking for a password.
Enter the password you already have to unlock the file.
Decryption happens on your device and the PDF is never sent anywhere.
Drop in the password-protected PDF.
Type the password the PDF is protected with.
Click Unlock PDF and save the version with no password.
Stop typing a password every time you open a file you own.
Store documents without a password you might later forget.
Remove a password so a file prints or shares without prompts.
Upload the file, enter its password, then click Unlock PDF. The tool saves a copy that opens without a password.
Yes. You must know the password the PDF was protected with. This tool removes protection you are entitled to remove, not one you do not have.
No. Decryption runs in your browser with qpdf, so the file and password stay on your device.
Yes. If you can open the file, unlocking it also lifts owner restrictions such as print or copy locks.
The tool will tell you it could not unlock the file. Check the password and try again.
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