How to Remove a Password from a PDF

[Music] pdfs are the go-to format when you need to present a document as it's created across any operating system it's read-only nature by default means it's wonderful for ensuring your documents formatting remains consistent and unedited for even more security you can restrict viewing through password protection while this is great for sensitive documents like bank statements or tax information you might want to remove this password if you need to send it to someone else if you need to open up access to one of your pdfs here's what you can do the easiest way to do this is by using your desktop or laptop pc if you're on windows this is as easy as printing first find and open your file using your pdf viewer if you don't have one on windows itself dragging and dropping it into an empty tab in your browser does the trick most modern browsers like google chrome firefox and edge have a built-in pdf reader you'll be asked to type in the document's password for security reasons enter that password to view your document from here click on the print icon in the top right and choose microsoft print to pdf or save as pdf then click on print this opens a file explorer window for you to select a location and name your file once those are set just click on save this document will no longer be password protected if you're on mac os you can just do this in preview just find and open your file in preview typing the password when prompted from here click on file at the top left then on export as pdf choose a name and location to save your file to then select save and you're all set if you like this guide make sure you subscribe for all sorts of videos covering pdfs and other technology and don't forget to check out one of these videos we think you might enjoy [Music] you

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Length: 2min 0sec (120 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 21 2021