Unlock PDF

Stop retyping the same password every time you open a document you own. Enter the password once and save a decrypted copy, processed entirely on your device.

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Max 100 MB per fileAccepted: PDF
Only remove protection from PDFs you own or are authorised to modify.
All processing is done locally in your browser. Your images never leave your device.

How to use

  1. 1

    Add the protected PDF.

  2. 2

    Type the password that opens the file.

  3. 3

    Press Remove password.

  4. 4

    Download the unprotected copy.

Supported formats

Accepts

PDF

Produces

PDF

FAQ

No. The tool decrypts using the password you supply; it does not guess, brute-force or bypass encryption.

Only remove protection from documents you own or are authorised to modify. Respect the rights of the document owner.

No. Decryption runs locally in your browser, and the password stays in memory only for the duration of the operation.

Some PDFs restrict permissions without an open password. Those files are already readable and have nothing to remove.

No. Pages are copied unchanged; only the encryption layer is dropped.

About this tool: Unlock PDF

Open password-protected PDFs you own

The Unlock tool removes password protection from a PDF when you know its password — the everyday fix for protected files whose password you have but whose protection blocks printing, copying or merging. Enter the password once, and receive a clean, unrestricted copy of the document.

Many protected PDFs arrive with trivially shared passwords (a booking reference, a date of birth) that make daily use awkward: you retype the password every time, printers refuse, tools reject the file. Unlocking produces a normal PDF you can read, print and archive freely.

The tool is designed for documents you are authorised to open — you must supply the correct password for it to work at all, and everything happens locally in your browser. It is not a password cracker and cannot open files you do not have the password for.

Like every Piclizer tool, this one runs entirely in your browser — your files stay on your device.

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