Everything you need in a free PDF unlocker
Remove PDF passwords
Unlock password-protected PDFs when you know the open password — download a clean copy with protection removed.
Keep text and layout
Pages are decrypted and copied as real PDF content, so selectable text, vectors, and layout stay intact.
100% browser-based
Unlocking decrypts the PDF in your browser. Your document and password stay on your device — nothing is uploaded to Focera.
Drag & drop workflow
Drop a PDF up to 25 MB (50 pages), enter the password, unlock, preview, and download in a few clicks.
How It Works
Removing a PDF password should be quick and private. Focera keeps the whole flow on one page — upload, enter the password, unlock, and download without an account or desktop installer.
- Upload your PDF. Drag and drop a password-protected file up to 25 MB (max 50 pages), or click the zone to browse from your device.
- Enter the password. Use the open password for the file. Leave it blank only if the PDF uses an empty open password with owner/permissions restrictions.
- Unlock and download. Protection is removed locally. Preview the unlocked PDF and download again anytime.
Jump back to the PDF unlocker anytime to process another file.
Popular Use Cases
- Prep files for other tools — Unlock a PDF before merging, splitting, compressing, or converting to Word.
- Open older protected exports — Remove a password you still know from a bank statement, ticket, or shared report.
- Share without friction — Send a clean copy to teammates who should not need a separate password.
- Clear owner restrictions — Strip permissions locks when you have the credentials to open the document.
Private by Design
Your PDF and password are handled entirely in your browser. Focera does not receive the file, store the password, or run decryption on a remote server. When you leave the page, temporary previews are revoked and nothing remains on our infrastructure.
Only unlock documents you are authorized to open. This tool does not crack or recover forgotten passwords.
Related Tools
- Merge PDF — Combine unlocked PDFs into one file.
- Split PDF — Break a PDF into pages, ranges, or fixed-size chunks.
- Compress PDF — Shrink file size after removing protection.
- PDF Editor — Reorder, rotate, or extract pages from the unlocked file.
- PDF to Word — Convert the unlocked PDF into an editable .docx.
- PDF to Excel — Convert the unlocked PDF into an .xlsx spreadsheet.
- PDF to Text — Extract selectable text once the password is removed.