Tool · Unlock
Remove the password from a PDF you own.
Decryption runs locally. Your password is never uploaded — we couldn't even if we wanted to.
Processed in your browser
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Can this open a PDF I do not have the password for?
No. It removes protection from a document you can already open, producing an unlocked working copy — useful when a file you are entitled to keeps prompting for a password on every edit. It is not a password cracker.
Does unlocking change the document's contents?
No. The pages, text and images are unchanged; only the encryption is removed from the exported copy.
Does unlocking upload my PDF to a server?
No. The file is opened, processed and saved back by code running in this browser tab — there is no upload endpoint on our servers to send it to. You can watch the Network panel in your browser's developer tools while you work and confirm nothing carrying the document leaves the page.
Is Unlock free?
Unlock is free with a free account: up to 3 downloads a day, and a small PDFMacro line on each page of a saved PDF. Pro removes both. There are no page or file-size caps on either plan.
Does it work offline?
With Pro, yes. Once the page has loaded, every tool keeps working with the network disconnected, because the processing never depended on a server round-trip; OCR's language packs need one download the first time. A free account needs a connection to save, for its daily count. AI features need your AI: your provider online, or your local model running.
Unlock runs in your browser. Try it now.
Your file is never uploaded. Work on it right away; a free account saves it. Open a file and see for yourself — the network panel is right there if you want to check.