PDF password remover

[Ron Duke]

I have a customer, a city government, which has asked me to make changes to a PDF document. However, the previous vendor password protected the city's document and the city does not know the password.

Does anyone know of a REALLY good program for cracking password protected PDFs? The trials I've found on the internet don't allow me to do enough to fairly evaluate them, so I don't want to spend the money and find out the program doesn't do what I want it to do.

To clarify, this is the city's document, they own it, but don't have the password to unlock it. They lost it I guess.

Regards,

[steve.ledger]

Does the document allow printing?
You could print to PDF which may give you an unprotected version to alter?

[Ron Duke]

Not sure what printing to PDF would do for me?

[pauland]

Not sure what printing to PDF would do for me?

I think the idea is that you get an unprotected PDF to edit by using the print mechanism.

[Egg Bramhill]

Or another refinement, physically print the pdf, then scan it with a ocr app. Correct if required, save and print.

[raynerj1]

I would try and get the city to contact the author and get the password. If the author still owns the copyright to the material then you might become entangled in a copyright infringement suit. Cities might just have enough money in there coffers for some legal type to think it is worth persueing.

If you find a way around the copy protection, make sure the city accepts the liability. In writing of course...

[Janhardin01]

If you're wondering for the best PDF password remover, consider SysTools PDF Unlocker Tool, one of the robust and amazing software, allowing you to remove security from any PDF file. Using this powerful tool, you can remove known or owner permissions from your PDF document. With this, you can easily unlock document via removing restrictions like editing, content copying, printing, etc. So, download this tool on your Windows or Mac OS.

[Acorn]

If you're wondering for the best PDF password remover, consider SysTools PDF Unlocker Tool, one of the robust and amazing software, allowing you to remove security from any PDF file. Using this powerful tool, you can remove known or owner permissions from your PDF document. With this, you can easily unlock document via removing restrictions like editing, content copying, printing, etc. So, download this tool on your Windows or Mac OS.

Janhardin01, welcome to TalkGraphics.
Adding to a 16-year old Post is unusual.

The product you cite is not free but does have use for legitimate purposes.
As the saying does, Caveat emptor.

Acorn