Remove a PDF password
Remove the password from a PDF you know the password for.
How it works
- Drag and drop your password-protected PDF files below.
- Enter the password — every file must use the same one.
- Click Unlock PDF to start.
What this tool does to your file
Unlocking removes the password from a PDF you already know the password for. It is not a recovery or cracking tool: if the password is wrong the file is refused, and there is no way to open a document here without the password it was locked with. Supply the password once and it is applied to every file you upload, so this is for a batch that shares a password rather than a pile of unrelated documents. If any one file does not take the password the whole job fails and nothing is returned — including the files that did unlock — because a download that quietly came back missing a document would be worse than a clear failure. The result is a genuinely unprotected document rather than a re-saved one that still carries its encryption, and the pages, text and layout are untouched. A file that has no password on it in the first place is refused too, since unlocking it would hand you back exactly what you uploaded. Your password is sent once, never echoed back, and removed from the job record when the job ends.
What happens to your files
- No account needed — Every tool works as a guest. Signing in raises the limits and keeps your files together, but nothing asks you to register before you get a result.
- It runs in your browser — There is nothing to install and nothing to keep up to date. Files travel to our servers over an encrypted connection, and come back the same way.
- Your files stay yours — Files and results stay in your account until you delete them. Files from a guest session that is never linked to an account are removed automatically after a period of inactivity.
- Size limits, stated up front — Up to 10 MB per file as a guest, and up to 25 MB signed in. You see the limit before you upload, not after.