Enter the password you already use, preview the document page by page, choose which pages to keep, and download an unlocked copy. Nothing is uploaded and the password never leaves your browser.
Drop your PDF here
or click to browse · PDF only · max 40 MB
Both the document and what you type are handled entirely inside your browser. Nothing is transmitted, logged or stored, which matters when the file is a contract, a payslip or a bank statement.
Once the password is accepted you can page through the document to confirm it opened correctly, and export only the pages you actually need rather than the whole file.
This removes a password you can open the file with. It is not a cracking tool and cannot recover access to a document whose password you do not have.
Step by step
Drag the protected document onto the box above, or click to select it. It stays on your device.
Type the password you normally use and press unlock preview. The first page appears once it is accepted.
Keep every page or type a range such as 1-3, 5, 8-10. High quality suits most documents; use maximum for small print.
Lower the JPEG quality or switch on greyscale, both of which reduce the size of a scanned document considerably.
Each page is processed in turn and the password-free PDF is saved straight to your downloads.
FAQ
No, and that is deliberate. The tool needs the correct password to decrypt the file. It exists for people who own a document and are tired of retyping the password, not for bypassing PDF security they were never given access to.
No. Decryption happens inside your browser through the PDF.js library. Neither the password nor the document is transmitted to any server at any point.
No. To produce a reliably unlocked file entirely in the browser, each page is re-rendered as a high-resolution image and assembled into a new PDF. It looks and prints identically, but the text layer is not preserved. If you need searchable text afterwards, run the result through an OCR tool.
A user password is required to open the document at all. An owner password only restricts actions such as printing or copying while still allowing the file to be opened. This tool works with the user password, which is the one you type to view the file.
High is right for most documents. Choose maximum for pages with very small print, engineering drawings or fine detail. Standard produces a noticeably smaller file and is fine for text you only need to read on screen.
Lower the JPEG quality slider and switch on greyscale. For a scanned text document, greyscale alone often cuts the size by half or more without affecting legibility.
Every page is rendered individually using your own processing power. A short file takes seconds; a hundred-page document at maximum quality can take several minutes and use significant memory.
Yes, though large documents will be slower and consume more memory than on a computer. For files over about fifty pages, a desktop browser is more comfortable.
This tool lets you remove the password from a PDF you already own, so the document opens without a prompt on any device. Enter the password once, preview the pages to confirm it decrypted correctly, then download an unlocked copy. It is not a password recovery tool: the correct password is required, which is exactly what makes it safe to use with confidential files.
Beyond simply unlocking, the tool gives you control over the output. Keep every page or enter a range such as 1-3, 5, 8-10 to extract only the section you need. Three quality levels control the rendering resolution, and under Advanced you can lower the JPEG quality or convert everything to greyscale, both of which reduce the size of a scanned document substantially.
One consequence is worth understanding before you use it. Producing a genuinely unlocked file entirely inside a browser means each page is re-rendered and rebuilt, so the resulting PDF is composed of page images rather than a live text layer. The document looks and prints identically, but its text is no longer selectable or searchable. For most people the trade is worth it; if you need searchable text, run the output through an OCR tool afterwards.
Privacy is the main reason to do this locally. A password-protected PDF is usually protected for a reason, whether it is a payslip, a bank statement, a medical record or a signed contract. Here the file and the password are both handled by your own browser, using the PDF rendering engine built into the page, and nothing is transmitted, cached or logged on any server.
Related tools include the image to PDF converter for building a document from photographs, the batch converter and compressor for reducing image file sizes, and the redaction tool when a document contains details that should be covered before it is shared.