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Remove a password from a PDF

Remove password protection from a PDF you are allowed to open, by entering its password once. The result opens without a password. Nothing here guesses or bypasses a password you do not have.

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Free plan: 1 file per job. Each file up to 20,000,000 bytes and 50 pages. All selected files together up to 100,000,000 bytes. Only password-protected PDFs, and you need their password.

This operation runs in your browser. Your files are not uploaded for processing.

Result

The result appears here after you run the tool.

How to remove a password from a PDF

  1. 1

    Select or drop the password-protected PDF.

  2. 2

    Type its password.

  3. 3

    Unlock the file.

  4. 4

    Download the PDF without a password.

What this tool does

  • Removes the open password using the one you enter
  • Wrong passwords refused, never guessed
  • Pages copied unchanged into a document with no encryption
  • Password never leaves this tab
  • Reads the file signature instead of trusting the file extension.
  • Copies real pages. Nothing is rasterized and no page is re-rendered.
  • Refuses encrypted PDFs instead of working around the protection.
  • Refuses digitally signed PDFs, because saving them again would break the signature.
  • Reports the measured size of the file your browser produced.

Questions about Unlock PDF

Can you unlock a PDF if I do not know the password?
No. This tool only removes protection with the correct password. It does not try to guess, crack or work around one, and it never will.
Is anything lost when the PDF is unlocked?
The pages, their text and images are copied unchanged. Document-level extras such as bookmarks, form fields and attachments are not carried over to the unlocked copy, so keep the original if you need them.
Why was my signed PDF refused?
Unlocking writes the document again, which would break its digital signature while the file still looked signed. Refusing is more honest than handing back a document with a broken signature.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. This tool runs inside your browser tab, so the file bytes are read and written on your own device and are never sent to us for processing. Closing the tab discards everything, which is also why results cannot be restored after a reload.

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