Unlock PDF
Remove password protection from a PDF you can already open.
Unlock a PDF Online
The Unlock PDF tool removes password protection from PDF files. It is intended for documents you own or have legitimate access to — for example, a salary slip or bank statement issued with an opening password that you would like to archive without it.
Two kinds of protection
- Permission protection — restricts printing, copying, or editing but lets anyone open the file. Removed automatically without a password.
- Open password — required to view the document. The tool needs you to enter the correct password. It does not attempt to crack or guess.
What you get back
The output is a fully open PDF. For permission-protected files, the original content streams are preserved so text remains selectable. For open-password files, pages are re-rendered into images during decryption — the result is visually identical but text-as-image.