Unlock a PDF

Take the password off a PDF so it opens without one. You need to know the password.

Choose PDF files

or drop them here

Your files stay on this device

How to unlock a PDF

If a drawing set or spec came with a password you know, unlock a copy so it opens, prints and takes markups without asking each time.

Your files stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

No sign-up, no watermark on your file, no daily limit.

Once the page loads, it keeps working without the internet.

Phone, tablet or computer, in Chrome, Edge or Safari.

No. You need the password to open the file. It can remove print and copy limits from a file that opens without one.

Yes. Pages, text and markups stay as they were. Only the lock is gone.

Yes. Choose or drop several files. Each one gets the same settings, and you save them all in one ZIP.

No. The tool runs in your browser, so your files never leave your device. Nothing is sent to us or kept after you close the tab.

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark on your file and no daily limit.

Yes. Once the page has loaded you can turn off Wi-Fi and the tool still works.

Fix a PDF that won't open or shows errors.

Make a PDF smaller to email or upload.

Make a big PDF open fast online, page 1 first.

Lock a PDF with a password.

Strip metadata, scripts and attachments from a PDF.

Draw or type your signature onto a PDF.

Survey is a full PDF app for drawings. Add pens, shapes, clouds and count markers, and keep every sheet in sync on your computer, iPad and phone.