PDF Password Remover

Enter the password the file uses, and save a copy without it.

FREE - NO SIGN-UP - RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE

The password never leaves the tab

  • Passwordyou must know it
  • Copysaved unprotected
  • Print & copylimits lifted
  • 0passwords sent
Specification

PDF Password Remover at a glance

What goes in
A PDF and its password
What comes out
An unprotected PDF
Restrictions
Print and copy limits go too
What it cannot do
Not a way past a lost password
Title, author and producer
Dropped from the copy
Price
Free
Account required
No
Where it runs
On your device
How to

How to use PDF Password Remover

  1. 1

    Add the locked PDF

    Add the protected file.

  2. 2

    Type the password

    Type the current password.

  3. 3

    Save the unlocked copy

    Download the copy.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

I have forgotten the password. Can this help?

No. The password has to be typed in for the file to open at all. Nothing is guessed and no encryption is broken, so a forgotten password stays a closed door.

Where does the password I type go?

Into the tab and nowhere else. It is used on your device to open the file, and it is gone when the tab closes.

Does it lift printing and copying limits too?

Yes. Once the correct password opens the document, the copy is written without any of the original restrictions on printing, copying or editing.

What happens to the file I started with?

Nothing. A second file is written alongside it. The protected original is unchanged on your device.

Background

Two Kinds of PDF Password

This removes the password from a PDF you can already open. It is not a way past a password you do not have; there is no recovery here, and nothing is guessed.

  • An open password is the one a reader is asked for. A permissions password limits printing, copying or editing.
  • This works from the open password. Type it and both kinds of protection come off in the copy.
  • A password you do not have is not a small obstacle here. Encryption is not broken and nothing is attempted.
  • Ask whoever sent the document for the password. That is the only route back into a file you cannot open.

Full specification

Specification of the PDF Password Remover tool
What goes inOne password-protected PDF, and the password that opens it.
What comes outThe same PDF, written again without password protection.
RestrictionsPrinting and copying limits go with the password, once the file has been opened.
What it cannot doOpen a file whose password you do not have. Nothing is guessed and nothing is broken.
Title, author and producerNot carried into the unlocked copy. The page content comes back unchanged.
PriceFree
Account requiredNo
Where it runsIn your browser tab. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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