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Now-a-days, we often get email containing pay-slip, credit card transactions statement, monthly bank account transaction summary, mobile bill, confidential office document etc. In a PDF attachment. Such PDFs are encrypted and securely protected with strong passwords as those contain personal information.
But, it is not possible to remember the security password of each PDF file, the passwords are different and complicated. As, the PDF files are secured, if you save those files to Google drive, they will not be searchable anymore. So, it will be better to remove security password from the PDF file and then save it to your cloud storage. The Google drive cloud storage gives two-step security (password and two-step authentication), so, there will be no chances for privacy theft.You can apply different methods to bypass security password from PDF. You can try online or offline method. Offline method requires software to unlock PDF. And, if you try to remove such security online, then you can take help of PDF password remover website to complete the task.Before going to next stage, I want to inform you that two types of password can be used to protect a pdf document.
This tutorial will give you a complete coverage on removing password from a PDF file using different effective methods. Method #1: How to Remove Password from PDF File Using Google Chrome (for Windows, Linux and Mac Users) – OfflineGoogle Chrome has two built-in features i.e. PDF writer and PDF reader using that we can unlock any PDF password from the document.
Let’s see the method. Open the password protected PDF using Google Chrome browser. Either, you can use drag and drop method to open the PDF using Google chrome.
If you drag the PDF to the address bar of Chrome and drop it, it will be opened up there. Or, you can use the ‘Open with’ option to open the PDF using Google Chrome. If you are a Windows user, right click on the file and select “Open with” option from the right-click context menu.
Then browse and choose Google chrome to open the PDF using it. Now, Google Chrome will prompt you with the following message: “This document is password-protected. Please enter a password”.
Just put the actual password and hit “Submit” button to open secure PDF. Go to File menu of Chrome and select print option from there. Alternatively, you can use Ctrl+P together to open the “Print page”. If you are a MAC user, you should press Cmd+P instead. Choose the local destination option as “Save as PDF” instead of choosing any local printer connected to your computer. You can take help from.
Click on “Save” button to save the file in a PDF format without having any password security in it.Here is a video tutorial that will illustrate how to remove passwords from PDF. However, if you are a Google cloud print user, you can easily save any PDF document directly to Google Drive from Google chrome.Method #2: Use Free PDF Password Remover from 4dots Software (Windows Freeware)“ Free PDF Password Remover” is a Windows freeware which helps removing PDF security in single or in batch mode. In single mode, one can remove user security password from a single PDF whereas batch operation lets you clear password encryption from multiple documents together. But, for each file, you need to provide correct password before removing protection from encrypted P.
Download and install the software and run it. Click “Add File(s)” option and choose the PDF that you want to unlock. Provide correct password at “User Password (for Open)” field. Select the destination folder at where you want to store the unlocked pdf. Click “Remove Passwords” option.
The software takes only few seconds to unlock secured PDF file(s).Download URL: Method #3: Remove PDF Security Using Adobe AcrobatWhen you open any PDF using “Adobe Acrobat”, you can remove pdf security without using any third party tool. After opening the file, click on “Secure” button from the menu and click “ Remove security” button.
You will be asked for password. Enter correct password and hit ‘Enter’ to remove PDF security.Method #4: Remove Encryption from PDF Document Using “SysTools PDF Security Removal Tool”“ SysTools PDF Security Removal Tool” can open, unlock and bypass password restriction from a secured PDF. The software is not free at all. It costs $29 for single user license. It can unlock the PDF in batch.
The software will provide you a before and after permission of PDF with a beautiful tabular interface. Let’s see how. Run the software after download.
Browse and choose the PDF you want to unlock permanently. You will see the permissions on PDF file within software window. Select the destination folder location then. Press “Unlock PDF” button. You will be asked for PDF file password.
In the password field, put the correct password. Click ‘OK’. You will get “PDF file has been unlocked successfully” message.Download URL: Method #5: Remove PDF Read Protection Online (smallpdf.com). Visit the URL – Press “Choose File” button and select the file from from your PC. You can also add PDF direct from cloud storage.
Tick the box beside “right to edit file and remove protection”. Click “Unlock PDF” button. Enter security password in the password field. Then press “Really Unlock” button. At last get the unlocked PDF file by pressing “Download file now” button.Thus, it is quite possible to remove user password from any PDF document online without any additional software.
Method #6: How to Remove Password from PDF Using MAC OS XBy converting one PDF to another equivalent PDF, a OS X user easily can remove passwords from secured PDF. Open the attachment and open the PDF using password provided by sender. Choose File options and navigate to “Save as” option, click on it. Give a new name to the previous file.
Remove the tick from from the checkbox which is next to “Encrypt”. Save the document. Now, the new PDF does not require any user password at the time of accessing.Method #7: Unlock the PDF Offline Using ‘Evince’ – Default Linux PDF ViewerIf you are a Linux user and want to insecure the PDF, you can take help of ‘ Evince‘.
‘Evince’, the default viewer of the portable document format, can be launched using the below command. Evince /home/jit/Documents/passwordprotected.pdfThe later part of the above command indicates the full path of the document. You need to replace the path with your own PDF location. Otherwise, launch the program using it’s visual interface. Then, when you will be asked for password, write it correctly to the appropriate field that will be next to the password option.
Press “Unlock document” button.After opening the document, from the menu, navigate to File Print option. Select “Print to File” option at the print dialogue box under ‘General’ settings tab, and choose the output format as PDF.
You will be asked for giving a file name and browse until you find the exact location where you will want to keep the unlocked file. The new filename will be displayed at the file path.Click ‘Print’ or cancel the printing procedure. But, the new PDF will not require any security password and you will be able to open and access it anytime.
Method #8: Unlock the PDF Password When You Lost it or Don’t Know itIf reasons are genuine, you have legal rights to crack PDF security password. As, I have mentioned earlier that there are two types of password that can be used in order to secure any PDF.
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If the administrator of the file protects the PDF from editing using a password, you can easily view the document and unlock it using any OCR software or Chrome or using something else. But, the cases are different when you don’t have the access to view file. So, you need to use methods like Brute Force, Dictionary attack, Key search etc. To get the actual password. These methods are time taking and these might take even days depending upon the processing speed of the computer to uncover the password combinations.
You can try Advanced PDF Password Recovery from Elcomsoft to perform the task. The software will display the password as soon as it will be found.Download link: will be no legal issues with such PDF password cracking applications when you remove password from PDF as Microsoft ensured it and awarded ‘Elcomsoft’ a gold certified partner.
There are many occasions when a PDF file is required to be encrypted as it may contain sensitive and confidential data in it. But if the recipient received the PDF file but didn't know the password, then she/he is unable to open or edit the document because the file is encrypted. In short, password proetcetd PDF file will not give you the privilege to copy, modify or print it without the correct password.In order to regain full administrator privilege on a PDF file, first you must from the document.
And in this guide, we will show you how to remove the restrictions from the encrypted PDF files so that you can modify, copy and print it normally like any other PDF document. Surely, there are many software and online service that offers to remove encryption from PDF file but in our experience, most of them are useless or viruses. So, we took the liberty and came up with couple of solutions that will help to decrypt the encoded PDF files safely. How to Open PDF Password with Free Online Tool:. Step 1: Open your favorite internet browser, head on to smallpdf.com/unlock-pdf and wait until it is loaded on the screen. Step 2: Next, click on 'Choose File' and open the encrypted PDF document. Step 3: Once the file is uploaded, click on 'Unlock PDF!'
The server will now provide you with a new PDF file of your document and will remove all the restrictions. As soon the password restriction is removed from the PDF file, it will be available for download from the website.Note: PDF file that is larger than 2 MB can't be decrypted with this service. Plus, there are many pop-ups ads on the website that may get your computer infected. It is also not a safe way to as they may get stolen. Step 3: Remove Password Protection from PDF FileSet up the target folder where you want to save the decrypted PDF files by locating the directory path from the 'Customize' option. Next, the PDF documents can be decrypted in two ways and it varies if the PDF files are password-protected or not.If your PDF file is not password protected then no lock icon will appear on the left side of the document and you can simply click on 'Start' to remove the copy, edit and print restriction from the PDF file.
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If a lock icon appears on a specific PDF file then you must click on lock icon and enter the correct password and then click on 'Start' to decrypt the PDF file.You can now go to the destination folder and open all the decrypted PDF documents to find out that the copy, edit and print restriction is removed. You can now use it as a normal PDF document.