PDF Decrypter

PDF Decrypter might come in handy for people who need to remove owner passwords from PDF documents, getting rid of any restrictions imposed by those. It's important to mention that this app was not designed to hack and breakthrough a password, but lift restrictions after the said combination was provided.

Whats's nice about this tool is the speed at which a document can be relieved of its user password. All you need to do is select the PDF document in question, check the only box you see below the selection field, and click on the Remove Document Restrictions button.

The checkbox mentioned earlier activates a second field where you have to input the owner password. If the owner's password is correct, the newly unlocked PDF file will be generated in a directory of your choosing.

PDF Decrypter unlocks a document by cloning a restricted PDF and exporting it as a fresh file. This means that the intial document will stay locked, with its restriction active, while it can be viewed, edited, printed, extracted from, etc.

Creating a new file is not a bad way to go around the problem, but users with tons of PDF might want to consider deleting or moving the restricted copies, as the storage space will quickly get absorbed by the new instances.

PDF Decrypter might sound like a hacker's tool, a tool intended to forcefully remove or crack a password. However, this lightweight applet was designed for a totally different purpose and that is removing the owner password and restrictions applied on a PDF document, using the owner's credentials. And yes, that can be done by using the official Adobe Acrobat reader, but if that's not within reach, PDF Decrypter is another way to do it.