Tools / Unlock PDF
Unlock PDF
Have the password and tired of typing it? Save a copy that opens without one. This does not guess passwords.
- Nothing uploaded
- No sign-up
- No watermark
- No daily limit
Drop PDFs here or
Files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
No file handy?
This result failed a check, so it isn't offered as a download. If you want to look at it anyway, download it here.
The same thing with the API
How it works
- Drop the PDF.
- Type its password in the file's box.
- Unlock, and download a plain copy.
It runs in this tab on pdfedge's own code. Your file is not uploaded anywhere, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.
Before you get the download, the result is checked: pdf.js, a second PDF reader that shares no code with the one that wrote the file, opens it and compares it with yours, page by page. A result that fails a check is not offered for download.
In your code
The same operation is POST /v1/unlock, for thousands of files or for an agent. Run the tool once and the exact call appears under the result.
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Fill any PDF
Click a blank and type, on flat and scanned forms with no fields as well as real PDF forms. Tick boxes, add your signature and the date, and download.
POST /v1/fillSign a PDF
Draw or type your signature once, put it anywhere on any page, and add the date. The PDF never leaves your device.
POST /v1/fillMerge PDF
Put PDFs together in the order you choose, taking all of each file or just some pages. Form fields stay fillable.
POST /v1/mergeCompress PDF
Make a PDF small enough to email or upload. Photos are redrawn at the size they're shown on the page and saved as JPEG; text, drawings and form fields aren't touched.
POST /v1/compressSplit PDF
Cut one PDF into many: every few pages, one file per page, or the ranges you write. You get a zip.
POST /v1/splitRotate, delete & reorder pages
See every page, drag them into a new order, turn them the right way up and take out the ones you don't want. Deleted pages are removed from the file, not just hidden.
POST /v1/pagesAdd page numbers
Number every page, or skip the cover. Any wording, any corner, placed right on rotated pages too.
POST /v1/stampWatermark PDF
Write DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or anything else across every page, faint and on the diagonal. Text in any language.
POST /v1/stampJPG and PNG to PDF
One page per image, in your order. Phone photos come out the right way up.
POST /v1/pdfsPDF to JPG
Every page as a JPG or PNG, at screen or print resolution. One page downloads as the image; several come in a zip.
POST /v1/page-images · comingFill a PDF form
Type into a PDF's form fields, tick its boxes, pick its options, and download a finished copy. Any language works.
POST /v1/fillProtect PDF with a password
Lock a PDF so it opens only with your password, encrypted with AES-256. Choose whether it can be printed or copied from.
POST /v1/protectPDF to text
Get the words out of a PDF, page by page, as plain text. Pages with no text layer (scans) are pointed out instead of coming back blank.
POST /v1/extract