By Sophia | Last Updated
For data security, you can set passwords for your PDF files. Specifically, you can set a document open password to limit who can read the contents of a document. A permission password is suitable for you when you want others to copy, edit or print the content of PDF under your permission. But when you forgot the PDF password, how can you bypass PDF password protection to open and edit the file? Here are the solutions.
What is the effective PDF password recovery tool? How can it recover forgotten PDF file password? In this part, as a powerful PDF password recovery software, PDF Password Genius will be introduced for PDF users to recover PDF document open passwords after forgot or lost.
1. Download and install PDF Password Genius on computer.
2. Run it after installation and import encrypted PDF file.
Click Open button in tool bar, or click File Open File in menu to browse the PDF file you want to recover password. When it is found, click Open to add it to Encrypted File box in PDF password recovery tool.
3. In the drop-down list of Type of attack, four password attack types are available. Choose one from them, and make password attack settings under it.
4. Click Start button in toolbar, or choose Attack Start in menu to recover PDF file password.
In about few seconds or minutes, PDF document open password will appear in following window. Now it is time for you to open PDF file and remove PDF password.
1. Copy PDF file password in PDF Password Recovered window.
2. Click Open button in the same window, then imported PDF file starts to open and asks open password. At this moment, you just need to paste password in input box and click OK. Encrypted PDF file will be open successfully with recovered password..
We've recovered the document open password in the above steps.If there is no security password on the PDF, you can directly go to open and edit the content. Sometimes, a PDF file has both a document open password and a permission password. In order to obtain all permissions on document content, we need to bypass the PDF permission password. iSunshare PDF Unprotect Genius can help you remove PDF permission passwords within simple clicks.
Download, install and launch iSunshare PDF Unprotect Genius. Then follow the steps to bypass the PDF permission password.
1. Click the icon of folder location to input the PDF file to the PDF permission password remover.
2. PDF Unprotect Genius will check if the file has a document open password. If yes, enter the document open password in the input box below.
3. The file without a permission password will be saved on the computer desktop by default. Or you can change it by clicking the icon beside the field of File save path.
4. Click Start to bypass the password. The permissions password as well as the open password will be removed within seconds. You can click OK to directly reach the file when a Tips box pops up.
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