Remove PDF Password

Choose a locked PDF, enter the existing password, and download an unlocked copy. Unlocking runs in your browser — the file is never uploaded. To lock a file instead, use Set PDF Password.

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About Remove PDF Password

Unlock a password protected PDF in your browser with this free remove PDF password tool. Open the locked file, enter the existing password, and download an unlocked copy you can read, print, or edit without being prompted again. This is useful when you already know the password and need a clean file for printing, archiving, or further edits in the PDF editor.

People unlock their own statements after a bank sends a passworded PDF, unlock a report they encrypted last week, or prepare a file for a printer that cannot prompt for a password. You must supply the current password; this is not a PDF password cracker and it will not guess or bypass protection on files you are not allowed to open. Wrong passwords fail locally with an error.

Choose the locked PDF, enter the password, and download the unlocked result. Keep the original locked file if you still need it. After unlock, you can edit text in the PDF editor or apply a new password with Set PDF Password if you want to re-protect with a different secret. All of those steps stay in the browser.

Removal runs locally on your device, so the PDF is never uploaded to a server. Use this free unlock PDF tool and PDF password remover only on documents you have the password and the right to open.