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Home Β» How-To Guides Β» How to Remove Password Protection from PDF

How to Remove Password Protection from PDF

March 3, 2015 by Arpit 16 Comments

Password protected PDF files are very useful to encrypt sensitive information. Most of your payslips and bank statements are delivered in PDF format which is password protected. This is done in order to protect your personal information. At times, there are situations where you may require to print such documents and will have to enter the password each time to open the PDF and then take a print. If you have a lot of password protected PDF’s to print, it becomes a very tedious task to enter the password multiple times to unlock the PDF document.

So,Β how to remove password protection from PDF? There are a couple of easy ways by which you can unlock password protected PDF files. Let’s take it up one by one.

1) Removing password protection from PDF using BeCyPDFMetaEdit

BeCyPDFMetaEdit is a free tool for Windows that can be used to remove password protection from PDF files. You just need to launch the program and it will ask you to select the PDF file that you want to unlock. Before selecting the PDF file, you need to change the Mode to “Complete Rewrite”.

How to remove password protection from pdf

Once you have selected the file, it will prompt you for the password. Enter the password and click Ok. Now, click on the Security tab and select the Security System as “no encryption”. Once you have done this, just click on the Save button and you will be able to open the PDF file without having to enter the password again.

removing password protection from pdf

2) Removing password protection from PDF using Google Chrome

Who would have thought about using Google Chrome to unlock a password protected PDF file! Yes, it can be done with ease. Of all the Google Chrome tips and tricks, this will probably be a new one for you.

Password removal of a PDF file with Chrome is pretty easy. Just follow the steps below.

  1. Drag and drop the password protected PDF file into your Google Chrome browser.
  2. Chrome will prompt you to enter the password to open the file. Enter the password and hit Enter. The file will open up.
  3. Once the file has been opened, press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Cmd+P (Mac) to choose the print option. Now you need to choose the destination printer as “Save as PDF” and click on the Save button.

how to unlock password protected pdf using Chrome

And that’s it! Chrome will remove password protection from the Adobe PDF file and will save it on the specified location. When you re-open the PDF in Chrome, it will no longer ask you for a password.

Removing password protection from PDF files was not that difficult, right? Do let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Arpit is a die hard Chelsea F.C. fan - a true blue through and through. He is a Solutions Architect by profession and loves to blog about technology, SEO and how-to guides in order to help others. He likes playing competitive football and FIFA in his free time.

Comments

  1. Harleena Singh says

    March 3, 2015 at 7:42 PM

    Hi Arpit,

    Interesting indeed πŸ™‚

    You are right, sometimes there are passwords in a few of the PDF’s, though rare, but yes, at times it leaves you very puzzled. I liked the two ways you mentioned, and perhaps I’d choose the Chrome option as I work on Chrome, so it can always be used.

    Bookmarking your page, just for the time when I am stuck with a PDF that needs a password. Thanks for sharing this with us. Have a nice week ahead πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 4, 2015 at 1:44 PM

      Hi Harleena,

      Removing passwords from PDF files is good at times when you have to open up such documents in bulk or take prints.

      The Chrome method to remove PDF encryption is pretty easy and is my favourite method as well. Glad to know that you found this informative. Have a nice week ahead πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Sasidhar Kareti says

    March 3, 2015 at 9:39 PM

    Hi Arpit,

    That was done in simple couple of steps. Thank you so much for introducing the tool. Would be helpful in very crucial times.

    Thank you for sharing πŸ™‚ Have a great week πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 5, 2015 at 2:36 PM

      Hi Sasidhar,

      The tool is quite handy and easy to use. I am glad that you found it useful. Thanks for the feedback and have a great week ahead πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Naveen Kumar says

    March 4, 2015 at 12:34 AM

    Hi Arpit,
    Thanks for this great post. I had used the first one trick to unlock the PDF of my post paid bill. But now also will try second trick too.
    Thanks for this awesome post.
    Have a great day!!
    With regards,
    Naveen

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 4, 2015 at 1:47 PM

      Hi Naveen,

      Welcome to Tech.Cloud and thank you for the kind feedback. Do try out the second trick to remove passwords from PDF files, it is quite handy.

      Have a good week ahead!

      Reply
  4. ikechi says

    March 4, 2015 at 7:58 AM

    Hi Arpit

    I wish I had seen this post earlier. I have come across a lot of PDFs with passwords which I do know this tool would have been able to unlock some of these files.

    I also like the chrome option but I don’t mind to have the software on my windows.. Oh well thanks for sharing. Thumbs up for a wonderful resource.

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 4, 2015 at 1:51 PM

      Hi Ikechi,

      We often come across PDF files that require a password to unlock. You know the password but time and time again you need to type it in order to view the content. These tips will help you to remove passwords permanently from PDF’s and this can save you a lot of time.

      Glad to know that you found this informative. Have a nice week ahead!

      Reply
  5. Rohan Chaubey says

    March 4, 2015 at 10:39 PM

    Hi Arpit, This was a nice β€œHow-to” guide to remove password protected PDFs. One of my friend was struggling with a similar problem. I am glad you clarified my doubt that this guide is for removing password from a file which has been protected by a password.

    Thanks for sharing.
    – Rohan Chaubey.

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 5, 2015 at 8:06 PM

      Hey Rohan,

      Glad to have cleared the confusion on this πŸ™‚
      Thanks for stopping by and have a good day ahead!

      Reply
  6. Mustafa Gaziani says

    March 4, 2015 at 11:06 PM

    Hi Arpit,

    Great post! I literally this is one of the best guide that I found on your blog. I suffer many time from this situation now after finding the solution I’m very happy and thankful to you for sharing this great post.

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM

      Hi Mustafa,

      Welcome to Tech.Cloud. Thanks for the kind feedback and I am happy to know that you enjoyed the guide.
      Have a good day ahead!

      Reply
  7. Nisha Pandey says

    March 5, 2015 at 7:36 PM

    Hi Arpit,

    This is very helpful post indeed! I am saving this for my future needs. Hope, It could be helpful for me.

    Thanks for the detailed guide. Have a nice day!

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 5, 2015 at 8:04 PM

      Hi Nisha,

      I am glad that you liked the post and it will definitely be helpful for you in removing passwords from PDF files. Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  8. lokesh says

    March 18, 2015 at 11:41 AM

    Hey bro,

    Dozens of times which i downlaod many PDF files from internet, they used to be password protected. Though i’ve tried many times to recover the files by using some online tools, i was not quite successful, after reading this post i tried the method on few password protected files and its Working !! Thank you

    Reply
    • Arpit Roy says

      March 28, 2015 at 11:56 AM

      Glad that this worked out for you Lokesh.

      Reply

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