Remove PDF Password

No, and it is not designed to. There is no brute force, no dictionary attack and no bypass. If you do not have the password, this tool cannot help you and neither can any honest one.

On your own documents, or documents you are authorised to handle, generally yes. Circumventing protection on someone else's document may be illegal where you live. You are responsible for what you open here.

RC4 40-bit and 128-bit, AES-128 (revision 4) and AES-256 (revisions 5 and 6). That covers essentially every encrypted PDF produced in the last twenty years.

If the document opens without prompting but blocks printing or copying, it has an owner password and an empty user password. The tool detects that and can strip the restrictions without you typing anything.

Banks and payroll systems commonly encrypt statements with a password derived from your details — a date of birth, part of an account number, a postcode. Enter that password here once and the copy you download opens without prompting, which is what you want before archiving or merging a year of statements.

No. There is no download, no extension and no account. The page loads once and the decryption runs in the tab, so you can switch the network off before typing the password if you would rather confirm for yourself that it goes nowhere.

Yes. There is no account, no daily cap, no file-size tier and no watermark, because there is no server cost to recover. The site is funded by clearly disclosed partner recommendations on the Partners page, never by metering the tools.

No. Everything is processed by JavaScript running in your browser, on your device. You can verify it: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and use the tool. You will see no request carrying your data — because there is nowhere for it to go.