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Remove a PDF password without uploading it

To remove a password you know from a PDF, without uploading it: drop it here, type the password and download the copy without it. If the PDF opens but blocks copying or printing, it is unlocked without asking. qpdf, compiled to WebAssembly, decrypts it inside your browser.

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About this tool

A PDF can carry two different passwords. The open password encrypts the content: without it nothing can be read. The permissions password lets the file open but forbids copying text, printing or editing.

If your PDF opens but has restrictions, this tool removes them without asking for anything, because the content is already readable. If it asks for a password to open, you type the one you know (bank statements often use the account holder's ID number) and download a copy that no longer asks for it.

We do not crack passwords you do not know, and we will not. With the AES-256 encryption of current PDFs it would be infeasible, and it would open other people's documents. The password you type only lives in the page's memory while you use it.

How it works

  1. 01

    Drop the protected PDF.

  2. 02

    If it asks for a password to open, type the one you know; if it only has restrictions, you do not need one.

  3. 03

    Press Remove password.

  4. 04

    Download the unlocked copy. The original does not change.

Questions

How can I check that my file is not uploaded?
Open your browser's developer tools (F12), Network tab, and process a file: no request carries your document. Or load the page, go offline and use it: it keeps working.
Can you remove a password I don't know?
It depends which one. Copy or print restrictions are removed without knowing it, because the PDF already opens. The password to open it, no: without it the content is encrypted, and we do not offer to crack it.
What is my bank statement's password?
Your bank decides; many use the account holder's ID number. If you do not know it, ask the bank: we cannot find it out.
What should I do after removing it?
If you want the tables in a spreadsheet, PDF to Excel also accepts the protected PDF and asks for the password right there. If it is going to an AI, run it through PDF to Markdown to redact it.
Is the password stored?
No. It is used in the page's memory to decrypt and then discarded.
Is it legal to remove a PDF's password?
Removing it from your own document, whose password you know, is what any PDF reader does when opening it. Do not use it on documents you are not entitled to open.

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