Drag a file in, or choose one below.
Why use SnapFetch
- Produces a copy with no password prompt
- Honest by design - it needs the password you already know, it does not crack them
- No account needed, and the file is deleted from our servers after 1 hour
How it works
- 1
Choose or drag in a password-protected PDF
- 2
Enter the PDF's current password
- 3
Click Unlock PDF
- 4
Download the unlocked PDF
When to use Unlock PDF
For a file you can already open but are tired of unlocking - a bank statement that arrives encrypted every month, or a document you need to merge with others. You must supply the current password: this removes protection you can already get past, it does not break encryption. There is no recovery path for a password you do not have.
Specifications & limits
- Requires
- The document's current password
- Cannot do
- Crack, guess or bypass an unknown password
- Password storage
- Never stored or logged; used once during processing and discarded
- Accepted input
- PDF only (.pdf)
- Maximum file size
- 20 MB per upload
- File retention
- Deleted from our servers 1 hour after upload
Troubleshooting
The password is rejected
Check for a leading or trailing space from copy-paste, and confirm you are using the open password rather than a permissions password.
You do not know the password
Then the file cannot be unlocked here. Ask whoever created it - there is no bypass.
The upload is rejected before anything happens
The file is over the 20 MB cap. Compress it first, or split a long PDF into smaller files and process them separately.
References
The published specification for the formats involved, and the open-source software that actually performs this conversion.
- pypdf documentation
The library used for PDF page operations - splitting, merging, rotation and encryption.
Frequently asked questions
No. This removes protection from a PDF you can already open by supplying its password - it is not a password cracker, and we won't pretend otherwise.
From the blog
Why Your PDF to Word Conversion Comes Out Wrong
Blank pages, uneditable text, tables in the wrong places. Almost every bad PDF conversion traces back to one thing, and you can check for it in five seconds.
Read article →OfficeOffice Files to PDF: What Changes and What Doesn't
Converting Word, Excel or PowerPoint to PDF is the reliable direction. Here's what survives intact, and the one thing that quietly shifts.
Read article →PDFMerge, Split, and Reorder PDF Pages
Combining a packet, pulling one page out, fixing a sideways scan - the everyday PDF page jobs, and which tool does each one.
Read article →