Find your bank statement password
Most locked PDFs people unlock here are bank and credit card statements. The password is set by the bank, and the email that carries the statement usually explains how it is made. If you no longer have that email, these pages list the format for each bank, labelled as published by the bank or reported by account holders:
- SBI statement password
- HDFC Bank statement password
- PNB statement password
- Union Bank statement password
- Bank of Baroda statement password
- Kotak statement password
- ICICI credit card statement password
- Axis credit card statement password
For any other bank, start with the common bank statement password formats. Letter case matters, and dates need leading zeros: 5 March is 0503.
What happens to the file and the password
Nothing is uploaded. When you choose Unlock, this page loads qpdf, a widely used open-source PDF tool, compiled to WebAssembly, and runs it inside your browser. It opens the PDF with the password you typed and writes a copy without encryption, all on your device. The PDF and the password are never sent to DocFig or anyone else, so there is nothing on a server to store, log or delete. That also makes it suitable for files you are not allowed to upload, such as a client's statements.
The unlocked copy exists only in the open page until you save it; closing the tab removes it. The one step that does upload is the optional Convert to Excel, which sends the unlocked copy to the DocFig converter, where it is held in memory and never stored. How the converter handles files.
Before you share an unlocked PDF
Banks lock statements because email gets forwarded and inboxes get shared. Once the password is gone, anyone who gets the file can read it, so keep the unlocked copy somewhere private and delete spare copies when you are done. Common reasons to unlock a statement are uploading it to a loan or visa application that rejects locked files, sending it to an accountant, printing it, or keeping a year of statements in one folder without typing a different password for each one.
When this tool cannot help
- You do not know the password. DocFig does not guess, crack or try passwords. Ask the sender, such as your bank, for the password or a new copy.
- The PDF is not yours. Only unlock files you own or have permission to open, such as your own statements, payslips and bills.
- The file is damaged or is not a PDF. Download it again from the bank and try that copy.
Need the transactions rather than the PDF? After unlocking, choose Convert this statement to Excel, or use the bank statement converter, which also opens locked statements directly. Both upload the file for conversion.