Launch the program and it will ask the location of the PDF file. If you are not a Google Chrome user, download this free Windows utility called BeCyPDFMetaEdit to remove passwords from PDF files. PS:Open the special page chrome://plugins and enable the option that says “Chrome PDF Viewer” to let Chrome natively handle PDF files.

Thank you, Ivan Sunga, for the tip.Īlso see: How to Print Password Protected PDF Files If you re-open this PDF in Chrome, it would no longer require a password to open. Google Chrome will now save the PDF to your desktop but without the password protection. Choose the destination printer as “Save as PDF” and click the Save button.

Now go to the File menu in Google Chrome and choose Print (or press Ctrl+P on Windows or Cmd+P on Mac).

Enter the password and hit Enter to open the file.

Google Chrome will now prompt you to enter the password of the file.

If you can’t find one, use this sample PDF file - the open password is “labnol” without the quotes. Drag any password-protected PDF file into your Google Chrome browser.

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. A new PDF file will be uploaded to your Google Drive and this one will no longer require you to type any passwords for accessing the file. Expand the “Decrypt PDF” section, type the password that was earlier used to lock the PDF file and click th “Decrypt” button.

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