If the document had a permissions password, type it in the Enter Password box, and then click OK.If the document only had Document Open password, click OK to remove it from the document.Your options vary depending on the type of password security attached to the document:.In the Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box, choose No Security from the Security Method menu.Select Tools > Protection > Encrypt > Remove.In the open PDF, do one of the following:.Only the policy author or a server administrator can change it.
If the PDF is secured with a server-based security policy,
You can remove security from an open PDF if you have the permissions So with the PDF file opened in Adobe Acrobat program the official instructions should work. These options are not available in Adobe Reader, they are only available in Adobe Acrobat (Pro version). My mistake! Ever since I installed Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) PDF files are opening in Adobe Reader by default, not in Adobe Acrobat Pro! I need to change this. Update: I just discovered that Instructable tutorial link that I posted in my answer is dead so I replaced it with the website link from where I downloaded the program. My PDF file was protected with 256bit encryption. Now I can easily print, copy and modify this PDF file.
Program mentioned here did the job for me! It’s not free but it works perfectly. Then I came across to this guide to removing PDF password security/restrictions. I mean in the header area there is a hyperlink that redirects to some fundraising/donation website, then there is “Purchase PDF Unlocker” button and again in the end there is a “Donate” button that redirects to PayPal. I did a quick Google search and found the website PDFUnlock but I didn’t upload the PDF file there because this PDF file is pretty confidential and this PDFUnlock website looks quite phishy. I have received this file from my client and he said he forgot the password. I was also trying to bypass PDF permission password security. This is the Security button in old Adobe Acrobat:įor the record, I have Adobe Acrobat X Pro. There was even a dedicated button for this on the toolbar.
I previously had the older version of Adobe Acrobat as the one shown in the example (see screenshot and link above) and I know that it was possible to remove this restriction very easily.
hell, I thought Adobe software would be smarter than this. So how do I do this? Do I really have to hire a hacker for a day? Just to perform this simple task of unlocking the restrictions of my own document? I mean I know the password. security properties) does not have the security options as shown in the example. Also, my Security tab of the Document Properties dialog box (i.e. This is where my problems would have ended but my version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't match the version used in the description. Removing Security from PDFs: Individually and in Batch
So I refined my search and included "adobe support" and found the following page. Doing a Google search for "unlock protected pdf with password" gave me all sorts of crazy suggestions using all sorts of cracking/hacking/illegal tools. Now I would like to remove the protection to allow my self to do more with the document. I have made usage restrictions to a PDF file and protected it with a password.