Sign & protect
Unlock PDF
Take the password off a PDF you can open, so it opens without one.
Also called: remove PDF password, PDF password remover, decrypt PDF
Drop a PDF hereStart with a PDFOpen your PDFDrop to open
It opens in this tab with the tool started. No account, nothing to install.
Without an account, your PDF never leaves your device. How?
How to unlock a PDF
Choose a PDF, or drop it on this page.
It opens in this tab with Password & permissions up. A PDF locked with a password asks for it first.
Choose Remove protection and confirm with the password, then download the PDF without it.
Questions
Is it free to unlock a PDF?
Yes. It’s free and needs no account. It runs in your web browser, with nothing to install.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No, not without an account. Your PDF is opened and worked on in this browser tab, and never sent to our server.
Is there a file size limit?
Not as a guest. Your file never reaches our server, so there’s no file-size or usage quota. With a free account, each PDF kept in your library can be up to 100 MB.
Can I unlock a PDF on my phone?
Yes. It works in the web browser on a phone, a tablet or a computer.
Can it remove a password I don’t know?
No. Removing protection asks for the current password, so it only unlocks a PDF you can already open.
See the limits of a free account, and what stays on your device.
More tools
- Sign PDFDraw or type your signature and place it on the page.
- Encrypt PDFLock the file with a password, and ask readers’ apps to limit printing or copying.
- Redact PDFBlack out text, and the words under it are deleted from the page, not just covered.
- PDF to WordTurn the document’s text into a Word file you can edit.