How to Remove Password from PDF Files using Google Chrome

How to Remove Password from PDF Files using Google Chrome

PDF file has a different #password so it’s impossible to remember them and takes just too much to find these PDFs later.#Google Drive is already protected with 2 layers of security – password and 2-factor #authentication – it should be OK if we remove the password protection from PDF files before uploading them to #Drive.

Google Chrome has a built-in PDF reader* and a PDF writer and we can combine the two features to remove the password from any PDF document. Let’s see how:

1. Drag any password protected PDF file into your Google Chrome browser. 
2. Google Chrome will now prompt you to enter the password of the file. Enter the password and hit Enter to open the file.
3. Now go to the File menu in Google #Chrome and choose Print (or press Ctrl+P on Windows or Cmd+P on Mac). Choose the destination printer as “Save as PDF” and click the Save button.

Remove PDF Passwords without Chrome

If you are not a Google Chrome user, download this free Windows utility calledBeCyPDFMetaEdit to remove passwords from PDF files.

First launch the program and it will ask your for the location of the PDF file. Before you select and open the PDF, change the mode to “Complete Rewrite,” then switch to the Security tab and set the “Security System” to “No encryption.” Click the Save button and your PDF will no longer require a password to open.