Remove Restrictions
Remove owner-password restrictions from a PDF that opens without a password, so printing, copying and editing work again.
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Über dieses Tool
This is the frustrating category: a PDF that opens perfectly but refuses to let you print it, copy a line of text, or fill in its form. Acrobat shows SECURED in the title bar, and no password was ever needed to open it.
Those are owner-password restrictions. Unlike an open password, they are enforced by the viewer as a matter of convention rather than by encrypting the content - which is why the document displays fine but the print button is greyed out.
This removes the permission flags so the document behaves normally. No password is needed in the usual case. Where an owner password is set, providing it produces a cleaner result. If the file requires a password just to open, use Unlock PDF instead.
Bedienungsanleitung
Load the restricted PDF
Drop in a file that opens without a password but blocks printing or copying.
Add the owner password if you have it
Optional. Providing it produces a cleaner result where one is set.
Remove the restrictions
Permission flags are cleared and the document is rewritten.
Download
Save the unrestricted PDF - printing, copying and editing now work.
Anwendungsfälle
A document that will not print
A statement or ticket with printing disabled for no good reason.
Quoting from a report
Copy text from a document where selection was blocked.
Forms locked against filling
Restore the ability to complete a form that was flagged as read-only.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
How is this different from Unlock PDF?
Unlock PDF removes a password required to open the file. This removes restrictions on a file that already opens freely.
Why can restrictions be removed without a password?
Because they are permission flags the viewer chooses to honour, not encryption of the content. The content was never protected.
Is this legal?
For your own documents, or ones you are licensed to use, generally yes. Copyright and licence terms still apply to what you do with the content.
Does the document content change?
No. Only the permission settings are cleared.