Unlock PDF
Save an unprotected copy of a PDF you can already open, so you stop retyping the password every time — and so other tools can read it. Enter the password once, and the decryption happens in your browser.
or drag and drop a PDF file here
Processed on your device — files are never uploaded to Filesvo.
How to use Filesvo
- Select or drop the protected PDF.
- Enter its password. If the file opens without one but blocks printing or copying, leave the box empty.
- Click Remove password and download the unlocked copy.
What this tool does and doesn't do
This removes protection from a document you can already open. You need the password. Filesvo does not guess, crack or bypass passwords — if you don't have it, this tool cannot help, and neither can any honest one.
Some PDFs open freely but still withhold printing or copying. Those carry an owner password that was never given to you, and the restrictions are only a flag that readers are asked to honour. Leave the password box empty and Filesvo will clear that flag, restoring printing and copying on a file you were always allowed to read.
Every encryption scheme the PDF standard defines is handled: AES-256 (revisions 5 and 6), AES-128, and the older 40-bit and 128-bit RC4 used by PDFs from before 2008. The unlocked file keeps its original page content byte for byte, so text stays selectable and images keep their quality.
Private by design
Your files are processed directly in your browser using open-source PDF engines that run in your browser and are not uploaded to Filesvo. Nothing is stored on our servers, because nothing ever reaches them.
Frequently asked questions
- Can this open a PDF when I don't know the password?
- No. Filesvo decrypts the file using the password you supply, exactly as a PDF reader does. There is no password guessing or cracking, and a tool that claims otherwise for a modern AES-encrypted PDF is not being straight with you.
- The PDF opens without a password but won't let me print. What do I do?
- Leave the password box empty and run it anyway. That file has restrictions attached without an open password, and Filesvo removes them — printing and copying work on the unlocked copy.
- Which types of PDF encryption are supported?
- All of the standard ones: AES-256, AES-128, and RC4 at both 40-bit and 128-bit, which is what older PDFs use. PDFs protected by a corporate rights-management system rather than a password are not supported, and Filesvo tells you by name when it finds one.
- Does unlocking change the document?
- No. The page content is carried across unchanged rather than re-rendered, so text, fonts, images and layout are exactly as they were. Only the encryption is removed.
- Is my PDF or password uploaded to a server?
- No. Decryption runs in your browser using its built-in Web Crypto engine. Neither the document nor the password is sent anywhere.