🔓 unpassit

Remove passwords from protected files in one command.

Supports PDF, Office (doc/docx/xls/xlsx/ppt/pptx), ZIP, RAR, and 7z.

Install

npm install -g unpassit

Or run directly with npx:

npx unpassit file.pdf -p mypassword

Usage

Single file

unpassit file.pdf -p mypassword
# ✅ file.pdf → file.unlocked.pdf

Interactive password prompt

unpassit file.xlsx
# 🔑 Enter password: ****
# ✅ file.xlsx → file.unlocked.xlsx

Environment variable

UNPASSIT_PASSWORD=mypass unpassit file.docx

Batch mode

unpassit ./locked-files/ -p mypass
unpassit ./locked-files/ -p mypass -r  # recursive

Custom output directory

unpassit file.pdf -p mypass -o ./unlocked/

Output

Files are saved as filename.unlocked.ext in the same directory (or the directory specified by -o).

RAR files are extracted and re-archived as ZIP: archive.rar → archive.unlocked.zip.

Options

| Flag | Short | Description | |------|-------|-------------| | --password <pass> | -p | Password | | --output <dir> | -o | Output directory | | --recursive | -r | Scan subdirectories | | --force | -f | Overwrite existing files | | --quiet | -q | Only print errors |

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• qpdf for PDF files (brew install qpdf / apt install qpdf)

License

MIT