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Unlocking PDFs is one of those situations where you either know exactly why you need this tool, or you're confused why it even exists. Here's the deal: PDFs can have two types of passwords, and only one of them is actually recoverable. If someone sent you a PDF with an "owner password" (also called permissions password), you can view the file but you can't print it, copy text from it, or edit it. That's annoying but fixable with this tool - just upload the PDF and we'll remove those restrictions. No password needed because you already have viewing access. The other type is a "user password" that prevents opening the file entirely. If you forgot that password, this tool can't help - nobody can, really, unless you've got a supercomputer and several years to spare. What we CAN do is remove permission restrictions from PDFs you already have access to, which is useful in plenty of legitimate scenarios. Maybe you received a contract you need to print but printing is disabled. Or you need to copy text from a report for your own notes but copying is blocked. Or you have an old PDF you created years ago, set permissions on it, and now you've forgotten the owner password. These restrictions are meant to prevent unauthorized use, but they also prevent YOU from using your own files how you need to. Our unlock tool strips away these permission restrictions while keeping the actual document content identical - same text, same images, same formatting.