How to Remove Password from PDF Files with Google Chrome

As we know that Google Drive is already protected with 2 layers of security – password and factor authentication – it should be OK if we remove the password protection from PDF files before uploading them to Drive.

Is there any tool or method or program that’s available and can remove password protection from PDF files? Plus it shouldn’t cost a dime and works on both Mac and Windows? Well the answer is yes and most probably it’s already installed on your computer. It’s called Google Chrome.

How to remove using Google Chrome?

Google Chrome has a built-in PDF reader* and a PDF writer and these two features can be combined to remove the password from any PDF document. All you have to do is:

Drag any password protected PDF file that you are having problem with, into your Google Chrome browser.
Google Chrome will now prompt you to enter the password of the file. Enter the password and hit Enter for opening the file.
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 then click on the Save button.

Google Chrome will now save the PDF on your desktop and that to also without the password protection. If you re-open this PDF in Chrome, it would no longer require a password to open.

Alternatively, if you have enabled Google Cloud Print, then it will help you to choose the destination as “Save to Google Drive” in the print dialog and the unprotected version of the PDF will be sent directly to your Google Drive from Chrome.

Remove PDF Passwords without Chrome

For those who are not a Google Chrome user or even if following the above said method does not help you in recovering your PDF file then you should simply find out another useful program that can help in PDF PASSWORD RECOVERY recovery journey.

Also read: Way to crack PDF’s password-protected files

Key features:

· Remove Password and protection from encrypted PDF files.

· Support Batch operation as it can decrypt multiples PDF files at one time.

· Compatible with Adobe PDF 1.0 – 1.7 formats

· Standalone application, no need of additional software like Adobe Acrobat or Reader