How to remove the password from a PDF file?

How to remove the password from a PDF file?

Summary

The PDF format is very often used for the export of sometimes important or confidential files, and some can even be protected by a password.



Once read and saved on your computer, this security measure is no longer important. Moreover, it makes finding your files impossible since it blocks access to its contents.

Fortunately, after opening it, it is finally possible to remove its password. Follow our tutorial to learn how to do it.

1- Remove a password from a PDF file with Google Chrome

To bypass PDF file access limits on Google Chrome, first make sure you have the latest version of the browser. Next :

  • Drag the PDF file in question onto Chrome. 
  • In the new tab that opens, enter the document password. 
  • At the top right of the screen, select the print option. 
  • Click on Edit... under the destination, then select Record... in PDF format.

Now the document is no longer password protected.

2- Remove password from PDF file with free software 

On the web, you will find a bunch of paid specialized utilities that allow you to unlock a PDF. However, free software is just as effective.  



For example, there are PDF Candy, PDFelement and PDF Password Remover are powerful tools. Apart from removing passwords, they have many other features such as editing and converting.  


After installing the software, you will only have to import your PDF file and convert it to another format. Anyway, these software are intuitive and very easy to use.

3- Remove password from PDF with Adobe Reader

Do you have Adobe Reader? So, this can be the best solution to remove all restrictions set on your PDF files.  

With Adobe Reader, open the PDF of your choice, go to File → Properties.

In the drop-down menu of the tab Safety, select No security, then the option Security method to remove the password. Finally, you will only have to save the PDF.


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