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, and this tool can't remove it. It checks your file first: if it needs a password to open, you get a clear message saying so, and if nothing is restricted, it tells you instead of handing back a copy. The unlocked copy is checked too before you can download it: it must open with no restrictions left and every page still there.
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. A PDF that needs a password just to open can't be unlocked here. This tool removes restrictions (on printing, copying or editing) from PDFs that open without one.
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.
Its pages, text, form fields and images stay exactly as they were. The file is rewritten without its encryption, so a digital signature in it will no longer validate.
Combine several PDFs into one file, in order, right in your browser. Your files are never uploaded — they're merged on your device.
Split a PDF into separate one-page files, right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded — the pages are extracted on your device and download as a ZIP.
Stamp a diagonal text watermark across every page of a PDF, right in your browser. Your file is never uploaded — the watermark is applied on your device.