Remove Password from PDF File Without Any Software |
You may have several password protected PDF files in your computer such as your Bank statements, Income tax files, or any confidential file, etc. Having passwords for important PDF files is OK but situation get worst when you have to type password again and again. It is very boring and irritating job. You have to enter password every time when you are opening your PDF file. You want to remove the passwords from the files any how.
But you need not to worry about it. There are many ways in which you can remove the password protection from a PDF file. You can remove password easily after following simple procedure that I have written below. You need not to use any kind of software for removing password.
In this post, I will give tutorial on how to remove password from PDF file. I will be discussing about 2 different methods through which you can remove PDF file password.
1. Remove PDF file password using any Web Browser
2. Remove password from PDF using Web Application
Note: This is the tutorial for removing password from PDF file when you know the file password and you want to remove it from file.
1. Remove PDF file password using any Web Browser
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This is the easiest way to remove password from PDF file. You can actually use your web browser as PDF password remover tool. There is no requirement of extra software to remove PDF passwords. Also the time required is the least in this case.
For removing PDF file password using browser is to open the PDF file in the browser and then downloading it from the print option. The complete steps is given below
Step 1: Firstly open the PDF file in the web browser (Google chrome) by dragging and dropping the PDF file into a new tab. If that does not work, right click on the PDF file in the computer and click open with option. Now choose Google chrome from the list.
Step 2: Once file is open, right click on the file and click on print option.
Step 3: Choose the printer as Microsoft Print to PDF and click on print.
Step 4: This file will be downloaded as the PDF file containing no passwords.
2. Remove password from PDF using Web Application
This is the second method. You can remove password from PDF file by uploading to a website and it will remove the file password. After file conversion you are able to download your password free PDF file. The main advantage of the method is that it can be used to unlock PDF files right from your mobile device or tablet.
You can unlock PDF files using web applications no matter what platform you use i.e this method works for Android, Windows, MAC, IOS or any other platform.
We will take a look at some of the most popular PDF password remover websites.
i. Small PDF
Unlock Password feature in small PDF website allows you to remove PDF passwords easily if you know the password. You can also remove passwords from files that you don’t own provided the PDF is weakly encrypted. You can also add a password protected PDF file from your cloud storage such as Google drive, dropbox, etc.
ii. PDF Unlock
PDF Unlock is a popular site that allows you to remove password and restrictions from PDF file. You can add your PDF files by dragging and dropping from your computer. UnlockPDF allows you to import your PDF files from different cloud storage locations like dropbox, google drive, etc.
iii. Online2pdf
You can easily remove the password in your PDF with this online tool. The Online PDF Converter offers many more features. You have to select the files, which you want to unlock.
So by using above two methods you are able to remove passwords from a PDF file easily without any need of software. In first method I told you about removing password using any browser and in second method, I discussed about different website applications that help in removing password from PDF files. You can also save your time and money as you have not to buy any software. If you like this post then don’t forget to share with your friends.