Unlock a PDF
Free, instant, and private. Enter the password once, get the file without it — entirely in your browser, nothing uploaded anywhere.
Drop a locked PDF here, or click to choose a file
Unlocked in your browser — neither file nor password is uploaded.
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- The password never leaves this page. Typing a document's password into someone else's website hands them both the lock and the key. Here, both stay on your device — verifiably.
- Honest about what it is. This removes a password you know. It cannot and will not crack passwords.
- No sign-up, no limits. No account, no email, no watermarks, no daily quota.
- Lossless. Only the encryption is removed — pages are never re-rendered or recompressed.
- Free. No ads on this page, and never any selling of your data — there is no data to sell.
How to use it
Drop a password-protected PDF onto the box above (or click it to pick a file). Enter the password it opens with today and clickUnlock PDF. The file downloads immediately, identical but with the password gone. Everything stays on your device from start to finish.
Frequently asked questions
Is this PDF unlocker really free?
Yes. No account, no trial, no watermark, and no limit on files or pages.
Does my password or file ever leave my device?
No. The decryption runs inside your browser on your own device; the password exists only in the page’s memory while it works. You can confirm in your browser’s network inspector that nothing is sent.
Can it remove a password I don’t know?
No — and be wary of any tool that claims otherwise. This removes the password from a PDF whose password you know, so you stop retyping it. It is not password recovery or cracking.
Which PDFs can it unlock?
Files encrypted with the modern standards — AES-128 and AES-256, which is nearly everything produced in the last 15+ years. Very old files using RC4 encryption are refused honestly rather than risk corrupting them; a desktop PDF app can re-save those.
Does unlocking change the document?
Pages, text, and images are copied through exactly as they are — nothing is re-rendered or recompressed. To guarantee no trace of the encryption remains, the file is rebuilt from its pages, so document extras like bookmarks or file attachments may not survive.
Why unlock a PDF at all?
Bank statements and payslips often arrive password-protected. If you archive them somewhere already secure — an encrypted disk, a private vault — retyping the password on every open adds friction without adding safety.