{"id":1074,"date":"2015-03-02T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:14:38","slug":"how-to-remove-passwords-from-pdf-files-using-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/how-to-remove-passwords-from-pdf-files-using-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Passwords From PDF Files Using Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you will get bank statements, utility bills in pdf format in your email and whenever you open them, they prompt you to enter a password to open the\u00a0PDF\u00a0file, and since many times you might use different passwords, It&#8217;s difficult to remember each pdf password.<\/p>\n<p>Today Techie Whizkid show you an easy way on How you can remove passwords from PDF files using just Google chrome &#8211; the famous web browser from Google.<\/p><div class=\"7a7853692f91f1c3aa9fe870b4069c5d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- techiewhizkid_link_1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8372396756447573\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9242151396\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Follow these simple steps below to Remove Passwords from PDF File<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drag any password protected PDF\u00a0file into Google Chrome browser<\/li>\n<li>Google Chrome will now prompt you to enter the password of the file. Enter the password and hit Enter to open the file.<\/li>\n<li>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 <strong>\u201cSave as PDF\u201d<\/strong> and click the Save button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chrome will then\u00a0save the PDF to your desktop as a new PDF\u00a0file but without the password protection. If you re-open this PDF in Chrome, it would no longer require a password to open.<\/p>\n<p>Also Note that if you have enabled Google Cloud Print, you can choose the destination as \u201cSave to Google Drive\u201d in the print dialog and the unprotected version of the PDF will be sent straight to your Google Drive from Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>How to Remove PDF Passwords using a Free Utility called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.becyhome.de\/download_eng.htm#becypdfmetaedit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BeCyPDFMetaEdit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.becyhome.de\/download_eng.htm#becypdfmetaedit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BeCyPDFMetaEdit<\/a>\u00a0and open it,\u00a0it will ask your for the location of the PDF file. Before you select and open the PDF, change the mode to \u201cComplete Rewrite,\u201d then switch to the Security tab and set the \u201cSecurity System\u201d to \u201cNo encryption.\u201d Click the Save button and your PDF will no longer require a password to open.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to labnol for the above tips.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1074&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (1 vote)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How to Remove Passwords From PDF Files Using Chrome&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;142.5&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 142.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            5\/5 - (1 vote)    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you will get bank statements, utility bills in pdf format in your email and whenever you open them, they prompt you to enter a password to open the&nbsp;PDF&nbsp;file, and since many times you might use different passwords, It&rsquo;s difficult to remember each pdf password. 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