Remove a PDF password

For a file that keeps asking for a password you already know — every time, in every viewer. Enter it once here and get back the same document with no password at all.

How to remove a PDF password

  • Add the password-protected PDF.
  • Type the password that currently opens it.
  • Download the unlocked PDF.

This runs in your browser. The file is not uploaded, there is no account to create, and nothing is added to the document you download.

Also searched for: decrypt pdf, remove pdf password, unprotect pdf, unlock pdf online. It is the same tool whichever way you found it.

Questions about unlock pdf

Can this open a PDF whose password I do not know?

No. You have to know the password. This is for a file that keeps demanding one you already have, every time, in every viewer — you type it once here and get the same document back with no password on it.

Is the unlocked file identical to the original?

Yes, minus the password. The pages are unchanged.

Is the PDF uploaded?

No. The file is opened, changed and written by this browser tab — it is never sent to a server, so there is no queue to wait in and nothing to delete afterwards. Once the page has loaded you can turn the network off and the tool still works.

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