How to remove a password from a PDF you own
Updated 2026-10-25
Banks, payroll providers and utilities often send statements as password-protected PDFs. That protects them in transit, but it means typing the password every time you open the file, and it stops you merging or editing it. If the document is yours and you know the password, you can save a copy without it.
This is not a way into someone else's document: you must enter the correct password, exactly as you would to open it.
Step by step
- 1Open Unlock PDFSelect the protected PDF. It is processed in your browser, never uploaded.
- 2Enter the passwordType the password you normally use to open the file.
- 3Download the unlocked copyThe new copy opens without a password and can be merged, split or edited.
Keep the unlocked copy safe
An unlocked statement is readable by anyone who gets the file. Store it somewhere private. If you need to send it on, Protect PDF can add a password of your own choosing with AES-256 encryption.
If the file opens without a password
Unlock PDF removes the password that is needed to open a file. If your PDF opens freely, the tool will tell you there is nothing to remove. Restrictions on printing or copying without an opening password are a different kind of protection, which this tool does not change.
Questions
- I forgot the password. Can you recover it?
- No. BunkerPDF does not crack passwords. Ask the sender — banks often use a pattern such as part of your date of birth, explained in the email that came with the statement.
Your file stays on your device the whole time.
Also useful: Protect PDF · Merge PDF