Unlock PDF
Remove the password from a PDF you own, using the password you already know.
Runs in your browser FreeNo sign-in
Before you start. This tool decrypts a document after you type its correct password. It cannot guess, crack or bypass a password you don't have.
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This tool runs on your own device, so it needs JavaScript. If this message stays, enable JavaScript for this site and reload — nothing here is uploaded, which is why the work has to happen in the browser.
How to use unlock pdf
- Choose your PDF file. Drop the file onto the upload area or pick it from your device. The file is read straight into your browser and is not uploaded anywhere.
- Set the options. Adjust the settings shown for unlock pdf. The defaults suit most files, so you can usually leave them alone.
- Check and save the result. Run the tool and download the modified PDF file. Compare it against your original before you rely on it — conversions do not always carry every detail across.
Privacy
This page does the work itself. Your file is read into memory by the browser, transformed, and offered back as a download — it never reaches a server, so there is nothing to store, log or delete. Reloading the page clears it.
Questions
Can this tool open a PDF if I don't know the password?
No. It decrypts the file only after you enter the correct password, and there is no recovery, guessing or brute-force mode. If you've lost the password to your own file, ask whoever created the document or check the system that generated it.
Is it legal to remove a PDF password?
Removing protection from a document you own or are authorised to use is normal file management. Removing protection from someone else's document without permission is not, and this tool is not built for it.
Does the unlocked file keep its pages and layout?
Yes. Page order, size and content stay the same — only the encryption is removed.
Does my password get sent anywhere?
No. The file is decrypted in your browser and the password never leaves the page.
Working with PDF
About PDF
A fixed-layout page format. A PDF records where each glyph sits on the page, along with fonts, vector shapes and embedded images, so it looks identical everywhere it is opened.
It does not store paragraphs, headings or tables as structure. Anything that reads meaning back out of a PDF is reconstructing it from position and spacing, which is why converting away from PDF is the harder direction.
Troubleshooting
- Nothing happens after choosing a file. Check the file really is PDF — a renamed extension fails here the same way it fails in other readers.
- The upload is refused. Files over 32 MB are rejected. Split the document first, or use one of the browser-side tools, which are limited only by your device memory.
- The result looks different from the original. Some conversions cannot carry every feature across formats. The page says what was dropped when that happens.