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What this tool does and doesn’t do

It removes the protection from a document whose password you have. That’s the usual case: a bank statement or a pay slip often arrives protected by a date of birth or a number you have to type in every time you open it.

It doesn’t crack passwords. Without the password nothing happens, and that’s deliberate.

The document comes out intact

A protected PDF is encrypted. The tool decrypts it with your password, object by object, and writes the same document back in the clear: its text stays text, its fonts, images and links are the original ones. It reads every encryption the format uses, from the oldest (RC4) to the most recent (AES-256).

The one exception, and a rare one: a document encrypted for specific recipients, with certificates rather than a password. The tool can’t decrypt it; if it can open it, it redraws it page by page, and its text then becomes an image. It tells you so.

Decryption takes less than a second, even for a long document: nothing is redrawn.

Two different protections

The open password stops anyone from reading the document. You need to know it, and the tool asks for it.

The permissions password lets you read but forbids printing or copying. It offers no real security: most readers ignore it and the document opens without it. The tool removes these restrictions without asking for anything, and the site’s other PDF tools now accept these documents as they are. To truly protect files, use an AES-256 encrypted archive.

Your password goes nowhere

It is used in your browser to open the document and nowhere else. It is not saved, not sent and not kept after processing.

Frequently asked questions

Are my files sent anywhere? No. You can check for yourself in thirty seconds: here is how.

Can I unlock a PDF if I don’t have the password? No. This tool doesn’t crack passwords.

Does the text stay selectable after unlocking? Yes. The document is decrypted, not redrawn: it comes out identical, text, fonts and links included, only without the encryption.

Is my password saved? No, nowhere. It is used to open the document in your browser and then disappears.

Why isn’t there a tool to protect a PDF? Because a PDF password can be cracked offline in a few minutes. To truly protect files, use an AES-256 encrypted archive.