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Remove a password from a PDF

Take the password and the printing, copying and editing limits off a PDF you're allowed to open. Enter the password once and download an unlocked copy — free, with no watermark and no sign-up.

No watermarkFree, no sign-upFiles never storedAccepts .pdf
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Quick answer

How do I remove a password from a PDF?

Open the PDF in Mergevanta's Unlock PDF tool, type its password and press Unlock PDF. You get a copy that opens without a password and has no limits on printing, copying or editing. Files that only restrict printing or copying need no password at all. The tool can't crack unknown passwords.

Price
Free
Watermark
None
Sign-up
Not required
Accepts
.pdf
You get
An unlocked .pdf
Processing
In your browser; if your browser can't open the file, it's sent encrypted to our server (files up to 4 MB)
Files stored
Never
Works on
Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android

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What you get

Why use Mergevanta to unlock a PDF

Unlocked in your browser

The file is decrypted on your device. It goes to our server, encrypted, only if your browser can't read its protection.

Removes restrictions too

PDFs that open freely but block printing, copying or editing are unlocked without any password.

Checked before download

Every unlocked copy is reopened to confirm it needs no password and carries no restrictions.

Free, no watermark

No sign-up and no daily limit, and nothing is added to your pages.

Step by step

How to unlock a PDF with Mergevanta

  1. 1

    Click Choose PDF and pick the protected file.

  2. 2

    Type the password and press Open PDF — PDFs with restrictions only skip this step.

  3. 3

    Press Unlock PDF.

  4. 4

    Press Download to save the unlocked copy.

FAQ

Unlock PDF questions

Not if the PDF needs a password to open: you have to know it, and Mergevanta doesn't try to crack passwords. PDFs that open freely but block printing, copying or editing can be unlocked without any password.

No. The password is only used to open the file in your browser tab. In the rare case the file goes to the server, the password travels with it encrypted and is discarded when the request ends.

In your browser. Only if your browser can't read a file's encryption are files up to 4 MB sent to Mergevanta's server, encrypted end to end, unlocked in memory and never stored.

Unlock only files you own or have permission to change, such as your own documents or statements you received with their password. Removing protection from someone else's file without permission may break the law or an agreement.

Standard PDF password protection: 40-bit and 128-bit RC4, 128-bit AES and 256-bit AES. Encryption tied to a digital certificate can't be removed without that certificate.

Use Protect PDF to set a new password and choose what people can do with the file.

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