Remove the password from a Word document

Tired of typing the same password every time you open a file? Enter it once and DocsBat saves an unlocked copy. Read only and restrict editing protection is lifted too, so the document can be edited again.

Free, no sign up for your first files
Nothing to install
Works on phone, tablet and desktop

An unlocked copy of a file you already have access to

Password protection is useful while a document is travelling, but once it is safely on your own computer or in your Drive, the password often just gets in the way. It also blocks other tools: many converters and online editors cannot read an encrypted Word file at all.

Unlock Word handles both kinds of Word protection. For an encrypted file, type the current password and DocsBat decrypts it and saves a copy without one. For a file that opens normally but is locked against editing, set to read only, comments only or forms only with Word's restrict editing, DocsBat removes the restriction. You do not need the editing password for that, because restrict editing does not encrypt the file.

Why unlock with DocsBat

Removes the open password

Enter the password once and get a copy that opens without it in Word and every other app.

Lifts restrict editing

Read only, comments only and forms only protection is removed, along with Word's write protection setting.

Your password stays yours

The password is used only to open the file for this task and is not stored.

Content unchanged

Text, formatting, pictures, comments and tracked changes are kept exactly as they were.

Saved to your Drive

The unlocked copy goes to your private Drive, ready to edit, convert or share.

How it works

1
Upload the locked file
Drop a .docx, .docm or .dotx file onto the page or choose it from Drive.
2
Enter the current password
Type it in Current password if the file asks for one to open. For files that are only restricted from editing, leave it empty.
3
Download the unlocked copy
DocsBat removes the protection and returns the .docx, with a copy in Drive.

What gets removed

Password to open: Encrypted Word files are decrypted with the password you enter and saved without encryption.
Read only and comments only: Word's restrict editing protection is removed, so the document can be edited freely.
Forms only: Documents restricted to filling in form fields become fully editable.
Write protection: The setting that makes Word suggest opening a file as read only is removed as well.
Clear message when nothing is locked: If the document has no password and no editing restrictions, DocsBat tells you instead of returning an identical copy.
Wrong password check: If the password does not match, you are told straight away and can try again.

Only for files you are allowed to open

Unlock Word is not a password cracker. It cannot guess, recover or bypass a forgotten open password. Without the right password an encrypted Word file cannot be decrypted, by DocsBat or anyone else. If you have forgotten it, check your password manager, the email the file came with, or ask the sender for an unprotected copy.

Only remove protection from documents you own or have permission to change. Someone may have set restrict editing to prevent accidental edits to an approved version.