Remove Password from PDF
Stop typing the password every time you open the file.
FREE - NO SIGN-UP - RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE
Your document stays on your device
- Oncethen never again
- Same pagesnothing re-rendered
- Limitslifted with it
- 0uploads
Remove Password from PDF at a glance
- Starting point
- A PDF you can already open
- Result
- A PDF with no prompt
- Page content
- Unchanged
- Also removed
- Print, copy and edit limits
- Not possible
- No recovery of a lost password
- Price
- Free
- Account required
- No
- Where it runs
- On your device
How to use Remove Password from PDF
- 1
Bring in the file
Pick the protected PDF.
- 2
Give it the password once
Type it one last time.
- 3
Keep the plain copy
Download the plain copy.
Frequently asked questions
Is the copy the same document?
Yes. The pages are copied across as they are. What changes is that no password is asked for, and the printing and copying limits are gone.
Do you see the password?
No. It is typed into the page and used there. Nothing about the file or the password is sent anywhere.
What if I do not know the password?
Then the file cannot be opened here either. The password is what makes the copy possible; without it there is nothing to work from.
Where should I keep the unlocked copy?
That is your call, but the password was the protection. Once it is off, treat the copy like any other readable file on your device.
Before You Take the Password Off
A statement or payslip that asks for a password on every open is tiring. Enter it once here and a copy is written that opens straight away, with the print and copy limits gone.
- The password is what stops a lost laptop from being a leaked payslip. Removing it is a real change, not a formality.
- A copy is written, so the protected original is still there if you want to keep it.
- If the file only needs to travel once, sending it protected and sharing the password separately is safer than an unlocked copy.
- The password is needed every time. There is no route through a file you cannot already open.
Full specification
| Starting point | A PDF you can open, and the password that opens it. |
|---|---|
| Result | A second PDF that opens with no prompt at all. |
| Page content | Copied across as it is. Text stays text and images stay images. |
| Also removed | The limits on printing, copying and editing that came with the protection. |
| Not possible | Getting into a file when the password is unknown. There is no recovery step. |
| Price | Free |
| Account required | No |
| Where it runs | In your browser tab. Nothing is sent anywhere. |
Keep going with the same files
All PDF tools: PDF tools on SPOTTOOLS