Unlock a PDF
Remove a password from a PDF you already know the password for — safely, since your file and password never leave your browser.
Files are processed on your device — never uploaded, never stored, never seen by anyone.
How to unlock a PDF online
Upload your password-protected PDF, enter the password you already have for it, and click "Unlock & Download." This isn't a password-cracking or password-recovery tool — it only removes a password you can already use to open the file, the same way you'd remove a lock you have the key to. If you've genuinely lost the password with no way to recover it, this tool can't help, since guessing or bypassing a password you don't have isn't something this site does.
Because the technique here works by opening the PDF with your password and re-rendering every page as a high-resolution image before rebuilding a fresh, password-free PDF — the same approach Compress PDF and Grayscale PDF already use — any real, selectable text in the original becomes part of a picture in the output. If you specifically need the resulting PDF to keep selectable, searchable text, this technique isn't the right fit; it's built for the common case of just needing the password gone so the file opens normally for viewing, printing, or sharing.