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Unlock, protect and edit your PDFs on iOS

Remove a password you know, add a new one, and use 22 tools to merge, compress, split, sign and redact. On iPhone and iPad, with your files processed on the device.

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The Unlock screen with a bank statement and its password
The Tools screen with Merge PDF, Organize pages, Extract pages and Split PDF

Passwords, the two things it does every day

Unlock

Type the password you know once and get a copy that opens without it, ready to share or print. It also lifts printing and copying limits when you have the owner password.

How to remove a password from a PDF

Protect

Add a password before you send a payslip, a contract or a medical report. The PDF is encrypted with AES-128 and a meter shows how strong your password is.

How to password-protect a PDF

22 tools for everything else

Each tool has its own guide with the steps and screenshots from the app. Tools marked PRO are part of Premium.

Organize

  • Merge PDF Several PDFs in a single file
  • Organize pages Delete, rotate and reorder pages
  • Extract pages A new PDF or JPEG images with only the pages you choose
  • Split PDF One PDF into several files
  • Crop pages Remove the margins from the pages

Convert

  • Compress PDF Reduce the size for email and uploads
  • Photos to PDF Photos and images (HEIC too) into a PDF
  • Scan to PDF Paper documents with the camera
  • PDF to images Each page as JPG or PNG
  • PDF to text Get the text, scans included
  • Recognize text (OCR) PRO Make scanned PDFs searchable

Security & privacy

  • Redact PRO Hide sensitive text for good
  • Permissions PRO Block printing, copying or editing
  • Remove metadata PRO Author, app and dates hidden in the file
  • Flatten PRO Forms and notes can no longer be edited

Edit & sign

  • Sign PDF Draw your signature and place it
  • Fill form Type into the fields of a PDF form
  • Add text or image Put a note, a logo or a stamp on a page
  • Watermark PRO Mark every page, e.g. CONFIDENTIAL
  • Page numbers PRO Number the pages in one tap

Automation

  • Unlock several PDFs PRO Same password for all, e.g. monthly statements
  • Protect several PDFs PRO One password for many files

Your PDFs stay on your device

Processed on the device

Unlocking, compressing and redacting run on your iPhone or iPad. The app has no servers that receive your files.

No account

No sign-up and no email address. Open the app and choose a PDF.

Passwords in the Keychain

Saved passwords are kept by iOS and shown only after Face ID or your passcode.

Only passwords you know

The app opens a protected PDF with the password you type. If you don't know the password, it can't open the file.

Popular guides

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All guides

Free to use, with limits you can see

You know before you start whether a tool is free. No paywall after the work is done and no watermark on your files.

Free

With ads

  • 3 unlocks and 3 protections a day
  • One tool a day after a short video
  • Files processed on your device

Premium

Monthly or yearly, with a free trial on the yearly plan

  • Unlimited unlocks, protections and tools
  • PRO tools: redact, watermark, batch, OCR and more
  • Library, saved passwords with Face ID, Shortcuts, no ads

Get Unlock my PDF for iPhone and iPad

Requires iOS 16 or later. Available in English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

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