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How to Find PDF Password Fast If Lost PDF Password

By Sophia | Last Updated

Password protected PDF file is so inconvenient sometimes, even when PDF file password lost or forgotten but you have to use it by yourself or share it with other people. At this moment, probably some people could find a way to directly remove password protection and restrictions from PDF file. However, if you don't have such an effective and safe method, how can you do? I think finding out PDF open password would be the best choice, because of something like these.

  1. Reason 1: Some ways that could remove PDF password also require PDF open password, such as in Adobe Acrobat and Chrome.
  2. Reason 2: You can keep PDF file safe all the time and you could share both password protected PDF file and password with others.
  3. Reason 3: Once you could open password protected PDF file in Acrobat or in Chrome, removing PDF password and restrictions would be easy to do for everyone.
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3-1 Go to explorer section of the PDF file, and right click on the explorer section. On pop-up menu, two options "Remove Restrictions" and "Remove Restrictions and Save As" would help to easily remove PDF file restrictions and limitations.

3-2 After opening password protected PDF file in Chrome with open password, click Save as button on floating menu, and choose to save all pages as PDF file. And it would be saved as new PDF document without password protection and restrictions.

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Tip: How to Unsecure Secured PDF File without Edit Password

So how important PDF open password it is you can see. In order to guarantee PDF password and restrictions removal successful, now let's take effective, safe and easy PDF Password Genius to find PDF file lost password.

Find PDF File Password If Lost with Effective Third-Party Utility

Step 1: Search, install and run iSunshare PDF Password Genius on your computer.

If you could not directly find the page to download PDF Password Genius, you can search "PDF Password Genius" in Google and open its product information page to learn and download.

You would find Standard and Professional edition are provided there. From the introductions about difference between them, we know if there is only computer available to use, PDF Password Genius Standard is better choice. But if there are more computers you can use in Local Area Network, please choose PDF Password Genius Professional which could find PDF password faster. Install and run it on your computer and then go on.

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Tip: Now we choose Professional edition, because it could also recover PDF password with only one accessible computer in Local Area Network, while Standard edition cannot make full use of more computers except the one running PDF Password Genius Standard.

Step 2: Create client program. Install and launch it on other computers in LAN.

With Make Peer button clicked on PDF Password Genius Professional, installation file of client program, would be created and saved in the location you choose. Then send it to other computers that can launch it in the LAN to install.

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Step 3: Add password protected PDF file. Set PDF password recovery range and length.

Tap Open button on PDF Password Genius Professional, and select the password protected PDF file on your computer. Then click Open button to add it into the PDF password finder utility.

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And options under Range Options and Length are designed for users to set probable characters PDF password includes and password length. Check them correctly to improve PDF password finder speed.

Step 4: Find PDF lost password with main and client program work.

Click Start button on the main program PDF Password Genius Professional. Then both main program and client program iSunshare PDF Peer would work together to find PDF file password.

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When PDF password is found, it would appear on new dialog in your computer.

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Note: Get the PDF password to save or send it to people you share password protected PDF file with.

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