Remove a PDF password
Save a password-protected PDF as an ordinary one, so you stop typing the password every time you open it. Your file and your password stay on your device.
- Processed on your device
- No upload, no waiting
- No signup, no watermark
How it works
Add the locked PDF
Drop the file. You are told straight away whether it is actually protected.
Enter its password
The one you already use to open it. For files that open freely but block printing, leave it empty.
Download
You get a copy with no password at all. Your original is untouched.
Frequently asked questions
Can this open a PDF whose password I do not know?
No, and no honest tool can. It removes a password you already have — for example so you can stop typing it, or so another tool can read the file. Guessing an unknown password is not something this does.
Which kinds of protection are supported?
AES-256 (revisions 5 and 6), AES-128, and the older 40-bit and 128-bit RC4 encryption used by PDFs from the 2000s. That covers essentially every password-protected PDF you will meet.
My PDF opens without a password but will not let me print. Can you help?
Yes — that is an owner password with permissions attached. Leave the password box empty and press the button; the restrictions come off with it.
Is my file uploaded?
No. Decryption runs in your browser, so the document and its password never leave the device.
Is removing a password legal?
On your own documents, or ones you have permission to use, yes. Removing protection from someone else's confidential file is not something you should be doing regardless of the tool.
Good to know: Certificate-based and corporate rights-management protection (Adobe LiveCycle and similar) cannot be removed by any password — those are tied to an identity, not a phrase, and the tool says so rather than failing quietly. Very unusual encryption variants may be reported as unsupported rather than producing a broken file.