By Sophia | Last Updated
We can encrypt our PDF files with different types of passwords, including the document open password and the permission password. If a file has set a document open password, people need to know it to view the contents. When a file has set a permission password, people need to know the password to copy, edit and print the contents of a document.
If your PDF is locked with a document open password, you can refer to this article to recover it: How to Bypass PDF Password Protection after Forgot. If the PDF is set a permission password, you can unlock the PDF to copy the text in the ways below.
Google Drive is a file storage service developed by Google company. Users can upload, store, and transfer files, etc through Google Drive. It is also a useful tool to unlock PDF files to copy text. Here are steps on how to use it.
Step 1. Go to the official website of Google Drive. Login to the drive with a Google account.
Step 2. Click New and then choose File upload to upload your secured PDF. Or click the "My Drive", and choose Upload files.
Step 3. Then, in "My Drive", find the file you want to copy text from. Double-click the PDF file to open it. Enter the document open password if needed.
Step 4. Once the PDF is opened successfully, you can directly copy the text from the PDF without restriction.
There are multiple free online websites for unlocking pdf files, like Smallpdf.com, ilovepdf.com, and sodapdf.com. Their procedures to unlock PDF are similar. Take ilovepdf.com as an example. Follow the procedure to remove the permission password of pdf.
Step 1. Go to the website of ilovepdf.com. Click Select PDF file to choose the PDF file.
Step 2. Choose Unlock PDF in the lower right corner of the browser. If your PDF file has a document open password, it will remind you to enter the password. Ignore or enter the wrong document open password will cause a failure in unlocking the PDF file.
Step 3. When the PDF files are unlocked, download and open them to copy text.
iSunshare PDF Unprotect Genius is a reliable PDF unlocker tool that allows you to copy text from a secured PDF. Check how to use it below.
Step 1. Download, install and launch iSunshare PDF Unprotect Genius.
Step 2. Click the icon of the folder to choose the file you want to unlock. If your PDF has set a document open password, you need to enter the password below. You don't need to enter a password when you want to unlock a PDF without a document open password.
Step 3. The file will be saved on the computer desktop by default. Or you can change the file location by clicking the icon of the folder above the "Start" button.
Step 4. Click the Start button to unlock your PDF. When the permissions password is successfully removed, you will see a prompt to ask if you would like to open the unlocked file. Click OK to open it.
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