---
search:
  tags:
    - Documents
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Decrypts a password-protected PDF via LibreOffice re-export and claims the
    usable bytes… Reference for the POST /documents/pdf/unlock endpoint in the
    Seal API.
sidebar:
  label: Unlock an encrypted draft PDF in place
  badge: POST
title: Unlock an encrypted draft PDF in place
type: openapi-operation
---
Decrypts a password-protected PDF via LibreOffice re-export and claims the usable bytes back onto the document (the draft was not readable by pdf-lib anyway). Returns `libreoffice_roundtrip` in `warnings` — layout may shift on complex documents.

`POST /documents/pdf/unlock`