Sending private documents
Lock bank statements, ID copies and medical reports before emailing them.
Add or remove a PDF password
Lock a PDF with a password using AES-256 and choose whether it can be printed, copied or changed. Or make a copy without the password of a PDF you know the password for.
Runs in your browser. Your PDF and password are not uploaded.
Features
What you get
- Strong encryption
- PDFs are locked with AES-256, which opens in Adobe Reader, Chrome, Edge, macOS Preview and phone viewers.
- Permissions
- Allow or stop printing, copying text and pictures, and changing the document.
- Restrict only
- Leave the open password off to share a PDF anyone can read but not copy or edit.
- Unlock with the password
- Make a copy without the password or restrictions of a PDF you can open.
- Strength meter
- See how strong your password is as you type it.
- Private
- Your file and password stay on your device.
How it works
Protect or unlock in three steps
Add your PDF
Choose a PDF or drop it on the page.
Choose
Add a password and permissions, or type the password to remove it.
Save
The protected or unlocked copy downloads.
Uses
When to protect or unlock a PDF
Sharing reports
Let people read and print a report but not copy from it.
Password-protected statements
Remove the password from your own bank or tax statements so they open directly.
Using other PDF tools
Unlock a PDF before compressing, splitting or signing it.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Add the PDF, type a password twice, choose what people may do with it, and press Protect PDF. The locked copy downloads.
Add the PDF, type its password, and press Unlock PDF. You get a copy that opens without a password.
No. This tool needs the password and does not guess or break it.
It uses AES-256 encryption, the strongest kind PDF supports. A long password with letters, numbers and symbols is hard to guess.
No. The PDF is locked and unlocked in your browser. Neither the file nor the password leaves your device.