Unlock PDF
Remove a password you own from a PDF — free, no sign-up.
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About this tool
If you have a password-protected PDF and know the password, this tool removes the protection so the file opens freely from then on. It works by rendering each page and rebuilding a new, unprotected PDF from those pages — so the output is a faithful visual copy of the original, not the original file's underlying text and vector data. That's an important trade-off: text in the unlocked file won't be selectable or searchable the way it might have been in the source PDF. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your file and password are never uploaded to a server.
Frequently asked questions
Is this actually free?
Yes, completely — no sign-up, no watermark, no hidden limits. There's nothing to upgrade to.
Does my file or password get uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything happens entirely in your browser — your PDF and the password you enter are never sent to our servers.
Will the unlocked PDF have selectable text like the original?
No — the output is a page-by-page image reproduction of the original, so it opens without a password everywhere, but the text isn't selectable or searchable the way it was in the source file.
What if I don't know the password?
This tool can only remove a password you already know and enter — it can't recover or guess a lost password.