PDF tools
Unlock a PDF
Works entirely in your browser — your document is never uploaded to a server. Results are measured from the actual output file, and limitations are stated openly.
One password-protected PDF in, with the password you know. The output keeps everything (text, quality) minus the lock.
Drop PDFs here
processed in your browser — nothing uploads
Unlocking questions
How do I remove a password from a PDF?
Open the file with the password you know, type it into the unlock tool, and download the rebuilt copy. The pages, text and quality are unchanged — only the lock is removed.
Can you unlock a PDF I do not have the password for?
No, and no tool can. This removes a password from a document you are already able to open; it is not a way around encryption, and there is no cracking or guessing involved.
Does unlocking reduce the file size?
No. Unlocking is a structural change, not a compression step, so the output is about the same size as the input. Compress it afterwards if you also need it smaller.
Is the password I type stored anywhere?
No. It is used in your browser to decrypt the file and is never stored, logged or transmitted. Close the tab and nothing about the document remains.
Removing a password you own
This tool removes the password from a PDF you can already open — nothing more. You type the password you know, your browser decrypts and rebuilds the file without the lock, and the output keeps its text, quality and pages exactly: no rasterising, no re-encoding, no loss anywhere. The password you type is used in the tab and nowhere else.
Once unlocked, the usual next steps apply: the compressor can shrink a oversized scan to a KB target, the split tool can pull out single pages, and the protect tool can put a fresh password on a corrected copy. The full suite lives in the PDF tools hub.