Common uses
Bank statements, credit card bills, Form 16 and insurance documents often arrive password-protected (commonly using your name and date of birth, as the sender explains). Unlocking saves a copy you can merge, print or upload without typing the password every time.
This tool does not crack or guess passwords. Only unlock documents you own or are authorised to open.
How to unlock a PDF
- Choose the protected PDF (up to 100 MB).
- Type its current password. Either password works: the one that opens the file, or the permissions password that controls printing and copying.
- Press Unlock PDF. If the password is wrong, you'll see a message and can try again; capital letters and the keyboard language matter.
- Download the copy ending in -unlocked.pdf. The result shows which encryption was removed and which limits are gone.
Password or restrictions?
PDFs can be protected in two ways. An open password encrypts the whole file, so nothing can be read without it. Restrictions (an owner password) let anyone open the file but ask PDF apps not to allow printing, copying or editing. For the second kind you don't need to type anything: leave the box empty and the tool removes the restrictions.
Example
A bank statement whose password is the first four letters of your name in capitals and your date of birth: for Priya born 5 March 1992 that might be PRIY0503, as the bank's email describes. Type it, press Unlock PDF, and the downloaded statement opens straight away, ready to merge with other months or upload to a loan application.
To lock the file again later, with your own password, use Protect PDF.
Uses qpdf 12.2.0 (Apache License 2.0), compiled to WebAssembly with zlib and libjpeg-turbo and served from this site, so it runs in your browser. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. Licence notices.