Remove a Known Password from PDF

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Remove opening protection from a PDF whose password you know. Upload the file, enter its current password and download the result; this does not crack forgotten passwords.

All tools are free to use. File size and processing limits may vary by tool.

How to unlock a PDF

Remove PDF password protection when you know the password. This tool uploads your file for processing. Downloads expire after 60 minutes; scheduled cleanup deletes files.

How are files processed?

Browser tools keep files on your device. Advanced document tools upload files for temporary server processing; the tool shows this before upload. Web lookups send queries to the server and public lookup services.

Practical guide

Unlock PDF: Remove Protection With a Known Password

Old invoice archives, personal scans or project folders locked years ago can become inconvenient when you need to open them many times a day. The Unlock PDF tool removes the password requirement from files whose password you already know. This tool is strictly for authorized use on your own documents and does not break unknown passwords. Files are uploaded to the server, must be under 20 MB each, and the download link remains valid for 60 minutes.

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Continue with this PDF

Send the completed PDF to compression, page extraction, rotation, watermarking or numbering without selecting it again. Filled forms can also go to flattening. You start each step; modifying a document may affect digital signatures. Split-result ZIP files are not transferred.

Transfer happens between open tabs; we do not save the file in browser storage for this. This step does not start a new upload. Choosing server processing in the destination uploads the file again; its size limit applies.

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