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Unlock a PDF you can open, and save a decrypted copy.
On your device. No watermark. No sign-up.
This tool is processed locally with JavaScript inside your browser tab. The document is not uploaded, stored or seen by a server, which makes it suitable for contracts, invoices, CVs and medical or financial records.
You give the tool the password that opens the PDF. It uses that password to decrypt the file on your device and saves a new copy that opens without one. The copy is named after the original with -unlocked added to the name, and your original is not changed.
It does not find or guess passwords, and it cannot open a file whose password you do not know. It is for documents you are allowed to open, such as your own statements, payslips and certificates, where you are tired of typing the password every time.
If a PDF opens without a password but will not let you print or copy, the restriction is a different kind of lock. Use Unlock PDF for that.
An e-Aadhaar PDF from UIDAI is protected by a password that you can work out yourself. As published by UIDAI, it is the first four letters of your name in capital letters, followed by your year of birth as four digits. For example, a person named Ramesh Kumar born in 1990 types RAME1990.
Use your name the way it is printed on your Aadhaar, in English. The most common mistakes are typing the letters in lower case and using the full date of birth instead of just the year.
Once the file is open, you can remove the password with this tool so that you do not have to type it every time you share or print the e-Aadhaar. If you do share the file, think about who gets it. An Aadhaar number is sensitive, and the Redact PDF tool can hide parts of it.
Statements, payslips and mutual fund reports are often protected with a password that the sender sets for you. The sender usually explains the pattern in the email that carried the file, or on its help page. The pattern differs from one sender to another, so check there first.
The tool needs the exact password. Passwords are case-sensitive, so a capital letter matters. If the password is wrong, the tool tells you that the password did not open the file, and you can try again.
In most cases the file is decrypted and saved again without being redrawn, so the text stays selectable, searchable and sharp, and the result says decrypted, text intact.
Some PDFs use an encryption method that the decryption step cannot handle. For those, the tool opens the file with PDF.js and builds a visual copy, drawing each page as a picture at about 144 DPI. The result then says visual copy, no text layer, and the text can no longer be selected or searched. If you need searchable text in that case, run the copy through OCR PDF.
The unlocked copy can be merged, split, compressed or signed like any other PDF. Many tools on this site cannot open a locked file, and they point you here. You can add a password again at any time with Encrypt PDF.
Delete the unlocked copy when you no longer need it. It has no protection, so anyone who gets the file can read it.
The decryption runs inside this browser tab. The PDF and the password you type are never sent to a server. After your first visit the tool also works offline. Use it only on documents that you are allowed to unlock.
Yes. There is no account, no daily limit and no watermark on the unlocked file.
No. The file is decrypted in your browser, and neither the PDF nor the password is sent anywhere.
No. The tool needs the password that opens the file. It does not guess or crack passwords.
The first four letters of your name in capital letters followed by your year of birth, for example RAME1990. Use your name as printed on the Aadhaar.
Passwords are case-sensitive. Check capital letters, spaces and the year. For an e-Aadhaar, use the first four letters in capitals plus the year of birth only.
Remove Password is for a PDF that asks for a password when you open it. Unlock PDF is for a PDF that opens freely but blocks printing, copying or editing.
Usually yes. In rare cases the tool has to draw the pages as pictures, and then the text is not selectable. The result tells you which one you got.
No. You get a new file with -unlocked added to the name. The original keeps its password.
Yes. Use Encrypt PDF to protect the unlocked copy with a new password.
Yes, in Chrome, Safari and other mobile browsers. Large PDFs are easier on a desktop.
Last updated 12 November 2026
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