Remove the owner password and restrictions from a PDF you can already open — so you can print, copy, and edit it. Nothing is uploaded; it's unlocked on your device.
100% private — files are converted in your browser and never uploaded.
Drop a PDF that opens without a password — it loads locally.
The owner password and print/copy/edit limits are stripped on your device.
Save the unlocked PDF.
PDFs can carry two kinds of protection. An owner (permissions) password restricts printing, copying and editing while still letting anyone open the file. Unlock PDF rewrites such a file without the restrictions, so you can print it, copy text from it and open it in the editor. The content is untouched.
The other kind, a user (open) password, encrypts the file so it cannot be read without the password. That cannot be removed without the password, and the tool checks the result renders before handing it back — if the file needs a password to open, you get a clear message instead of a broken download.
Restrictions are often left on by the software that produced the file — bank statements, e-tickets, government forms — and get in the way of legitimate printing and annotation. Only remove protection from documents you have the right to modify.
It removes the owner password and the restrictions it sets — such as blocks on printing, copying, or editing — from a PDF you can already open.
No. If the PDF asks for a password just to open, we can't remove that — open it with your password first, then unlock it here.
No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript — your file never leaves your device, so it's safe even for sensitive documents.
Yes — completely free, no signup, no watermark, and no daily limits.
No. A password required to open the file is real encryption and cannot be bypassed. If you know the password, open the file in a viewer, print it to a new PDF, and use that.
No. Pages, text and images are identical; only the permission flags are dropped in the rewritten file.