Q – I have a secured PDF document. I have secured it so that no one can edit, print and copy the data from it. But now I want to unlock the PDF file but don’t know the procedure to unlock it. Can anyone know how a secure PDF can be unlocked? Please share the solution here.

Eduard

Yes, it is simply possible to unlock your PDF file and convert it into a normal PDF. There are many manuals as well as software related solutions for this task.

Alivia

One manual technique to unlock PDF file is using Google drive. Know the steps of this process given below –

  • Sign in to drive.google.com
  • Drag the PDF to Google Drive
  • Double click the PDF
  • Type the password of the file
  • Click Submit
  • Click the Print screen
  • Change it to Save as PDF
  • Click Save

I hope this method will work for you and you will be able to convert your secured PDF file to a normal one.

Weston

There are many online tools available that can unlock your PDF file. You can simply use the tools and can convert your password protected PDF file into an unlocked PDF with simple steps.

Mikayla

Here, I am sharing a link for you that will probably solve your query-

Jameson

Use Adobe Acrobat to remove a password. This can be done in the following way –

  • Open Adobe Acrobat application
  • Click on a File tab
  • Choose a PDF file
  • It will ask you for the password. Enter your password
  • Click ok
  • Click on the lock icon and go to Permission details
  • Click on Security settings tab and click on Security method tab
  • Choose No security
  • Click ok when it asks you to remove security from the document
  • Enter the password again and click ok
Amaya

I have read your issue and the same issue was faced by my sister one week ago. She has taken help from an article which would prove to be beneficial for her. Here, I am sharing the link to that article. Maybe it would work for you to unlock your PDF file.

Daniela

Hi, I don’t want to go for the manual solutions. I have the same query but I don’t know any other solution for this query. Can you provide me details about automated solutions?

Maximus Ariel

You can simply go for Softaken Unlock PDF files tool. The tool simply unlock your PDF document without asking for the password and with this application, you can simply unlock many PDF files quickly at a time. The main thing is the software has only a few simple steps that can be handled by any novice user easily. Get the useful link of this application –
https://www.softaken.com/unlock-pdf-files