Unlock PDF — Remove a Known Password or Restrictions

What is Unlock PDF?

Unlock PDF saves a copy of an encrypted PDF without its password, so it opens directly next time. You need to know the password: type it, and decryption happens in your browser without anything being sent. PDFs that open freely but block printing or copying can be unlocked after you confirm you own them or have permission. This tool never guesses, brute-forces or cracks passwords.

Remove a PDF password you know so the file opens without asking. Decryption runs in your browser and the password is never sent anywhere. Restriction-only PDFs can be unlocked after you confirm you own them; this tool never guesses or cracks passwords.

Key features

• Removes open passwords you know
• Removes print/copy/edit restrictions with your confirmation
• Never guesses or cracks passwords
• Password kept in memory only, never sent or logged
• Runs in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded

Popular uses

• Stop typing the password every time you open your own statement
• Prepare a protected PDF for merging, printing or archiving
• Remove copy restrictions from your own documents

Supported formats

Input: encrypted PDF. Output: PDF without encryption.

Troubleshooting

• It says the password is wrong Passwords are case-sensitive. Check Caps Lock and the keyboard language, and copy-paste it if you can.
• The page says the PDF is too large for this device Large PDFs have to fit in your browser's memory. Close other tabs, use a computer instead of a phone, or split the PDF into smaller parts first.

Also known as: Remove PDF password, Decrypt PDF, PDF password remover.