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macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.
Remove the password from your own statements and documents, so you stop typing it every time. Unlock a year of files in one run, with a different password for any file that needs one. Your files and passwords are never sent anywhere.
LockedOpenReal result from the recording: 5 PDFs, one password, 5 pages
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Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.
What leaves your computer
None of your documents.
Your password, used once
Unlock PDF is for your own statements and documents. A file that needs a password to open stays shut until you type that password.
Hangar does not guess or crack passwords.
All five files in the recording were locked before and open after, checked with a PDF reader that is not Hangar.
Files that open freely but block printing or copying can be unlocked without a password.
The alternative
A website can remove a password, but you hand over the document and the password together. For bank statements and payslips, that is the part worth avoiding.
Online PDF unlockers: iLovePDF’s free tier and Premium price, checked June 2026.See the full comparison
How it works
Drop a single file or a whole batch, such as a year of bank statements.
It is tried on every file. Use Per-file passwords for the few that differ. Files that only block printing or copying need no password.
Each copy ends in -unlocked and has no limits on printing, copying or editing. The original keeps its password.
New to Hangar? How to run a tool, step by step
What it can open
PDFs are protected in two ways. One asks for a password to open, the other opens freely but blocks printing or copying. Unlock handles both, and never guesses a password.
Removed when you type it, or the owner password.
Best for statements and payslips you open often.
Printing, copying and editing limits removed, no password needed.
Best for your own files you need to print or edit.
A separate password for any file in a mixed batch.
Best for documents from several banks or senders.
Every setting, explained in the Unlock PDF guide Password · Per-file passwords
Every tool is free for 3 days, with no account and no card. After that, Hangar is a one-time payment from $45, with updates for the version you buy. There is no subscription.
No. It is never sent anywhere, and Hangar keeps it out of run history. A chain does not save it either: the Run screen asks for it each time the chain runs.
That PDF has no password and no restrictions, so you can use the original as it is. The other files in the batch are not affected.
For a PDF that asks for a password to open, yes: type that password or the owner password. A PDF that opens without a password but blocks printing or copying needs no password at all.
Those carry owner-only restrictions. Unlock removes them whether or not you type a password.
No. It cannot guess or recover a password. A file that asks for a password to open is only unlocked with the right password. Use it on files you own or are allowed to change.
No. Your files are processed on your computer and never sent anywhere. Hangar sends anonymous usage counts to improve the app, never file names or contents, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Yes. A license works on any mix of Mac and Windows computers. Solo covers 1 computer, Crew 3 and Fleet 10.
Who uses it
Unlock a year of bank statements so your accountant opens them without a password.
Remove the password a client gave you, then compress or merge the documents.
Unlock utility bills and payslips before filing them in a shared folder.
One app, one payment
The same app merges, splits, signs, redacts and reads scanned PDFs, and does the same kind of work for images, video and audio. One payment covers every tool.
Save it as a chain
Statements that share a password are unlocked, compressed and renamed by a pattern, ready to file.
How chains workThen pay once, from $45, for every tool and the updates for your version. No subscription. 30-day refund.See plans
Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads
Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.