ubuntu:pdf:remove_password_from_pdf
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Ubuntu - PDF - Remove password from pdf
There are many tools that can manipulate PDFs, including:
- PDF Toolkit (pdftk)
- QPDF
- xpdf-utils
- Evince
NOTE: The PDF Toolkit (pdftk) works for me, so instructions below are using this.
Using the PDF Toolkit (pdftk)
Install the PDF Toolkit (pdftk)
sudo apt install pdftk
Remove the password from the PDF
pdftk secured.pdf input_pw password output unsecured.pdf
Using QPDF
Install QPDF
sudo apt install qpdf
Remove the password from the PDF
qpdf –password=password –decrypt secured.pdf unsecured.pdf
Using xpdf-utils
Install xpdf-utils
sudo apt install xpdf-utils
Remove the password from the PDF
pdftops -upw password secured.pdf unsecured.pdf
References
ubuntu/pdf/remove_password_from_pdf.txt · Last modified: 2020/10/14 09:53 by 192.168.1.1