Remove PDF Password
If you know the password, drop the PDF, type the password once, and download a copy with the password removed. The file and the password never leave your browser.
Drop a locked PDF here or click to browse
Unlocked on your device — never uploaded
Indian bank, card and Aadhaar statements arrive locked, with a password sent by SMS or derived from your name and date of birth. Opening them every time is a nuisance, and printing or attaching them means removing the password first. Every other "unlock PDF" tool asks you to upload the statement and type the password into their server — the two things you should least want to share. This does it in your browser with qpdf, the same engine trusted for command-line PDF work. You must know the password: this removes a password you can already open with, it does not break one you cannot.
Features
- Removes the open password from PDFs you can already open
- Real decryption via qpdf (WebAssembly), not a screenshot trick
- File and password never leave your browser
- Handles AES-256, AES-128 and older RC4 encryption
- Built for Indian bank, card and Aadhaar statements
- Free, no signup, no watermark
How to use the Remove PDF Password
- Drop your password-protected PDF.
- Type the password you use to open it.
- Click remove password.
- Download the unlocked copy. Your original stays untouched.
Why use this tool
Because the file you least want to upload — a bank statement with your account number on every page — is exactly the one these other tools ask you to upload.
Frequently asked questions
Does my file or password get uploaded?
Neither. The PDF and any password you type are handled entirely inside your browser tab by qpdf compiled to WebAssembly. Nothing is sent over the network — you can confirm this in your browser's Network tab, where the engine loads once and then nothing uploads. For a password-protected bank statement or ID document, this is the whole point: the one file you must never hand to a website is exactly the kind these tools handle without one.
Can this break a password I don't know?
No, and that is deliberate. This removes a password from a PDF you can already open by supplying that password. It is not a tool for opening documents you are not authorised to open, and it cannot recover or guess an unknown password. That limit is a feature, not a shortcoming.
What is the password for my bank statement?
It is set by your bank, not by us, and the pattern is usually in the same email or SMS as the statement. Common formats mix your name and date of birth, your account or customer number, or your PAN — but only your bank can tell you for certain. We never see it either way.
It says the password is wrong, but it opens in my reader.
Copy-paste the password rather than typing it, and check for a trailing space. Some statements use your PAN in capitals or your date of birth as DDMMYYYY. If it still fails, the PDF may use an owner password with restrictions rather than an open password — try the Change PDF Permissions tool instead.