1 Print to New PDF to Remove Password2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 How to Remove a known PDF Password with Adobe Acrobat DC Pro10 How to Remove an unknown PDF Password with a PDF Password Remover
This used to be more of an issue, but these days you can use a PDF password unlocker to remove security from the PDF. While this doesn’t spell great news if you’ve been thinking your password protection is secure, it is handy if you made a mistake. Free password remover tools can remove the owner password to allow editing or printing. However, removing the “user” password is much more difficult. These often require commercial software and what’s known as a “dictionary” attack. This method is universal to cracking passwords, rather than being PDF specific, and can take a very long time if you don’t know any of the password. As you’ll see through the course of this tutorial the success rate of removing a password from a PDF is also variable, depending on the software and the encryption algorithm used. As a result, we’re going to show you how to remove a password from a PDF with both free and paid tools.
Print to New PDF to Remove Password
How to Remove an unknown PDF Password with a PDF Password Remover
How to Remove a known PDF Password with Adobe Acrobat DC Pro
If you want to preserve the original PDF file with all options and data and remove a known PDF password, you can use Adobe Acrobat DC Pro to do so. Adobe offers a week-long free trial of Acrobat Pro which is more than enough to get rid of the password. If you found this tutorial useful, feel free to check out our guides on how to password protect a folder and how to enable/disable login after sleep.
If the freeware doesn´t help you, it’s likely only commercial pdf software can remove your PDF’s owner password. Recover PDF Password, Birdie PDF Security Remover and A-PDF Restrictions Remover are tools that should do the job even with PDF files locked with the newest encryption methods. We’re going to be showcasing the Free PDF Password Remover Tool and PDF Technologies PDF Password remover for this tutorial.
