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January 12, 2021
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Password

  • January 12, 2021
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I'm being asked for a password to open a document that I don't remember setting a password for. How do I recover a password?

 

 

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    Correct answer Dov Isaacs

    If you received the PDF file from someone else, ask them for the password they set for it.

     

    If you created the PDF file yourself and either intentionally password protected the PDF file or unintentionally password protected the PDF file and have forgotten the password, you are out of luck. There is no “back door” to bypass this protection nor does Adobe secretly maintain copies of passwords you use on PDF files. Otherwise the PDF password protection really wouldn't be protection.

     

    Sorry, but you might be out of luck on this!

     

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    CHRISTOPHER98C6
    Participant
    February 7, 2021

    That can not be true. the passwords HAVE to be stored somewhere-somehow on your system or in you account. otherwise How can the program check the password you have entered against the actual password?  it needs that actual password that was orginally created and stored somewhere to check against to verify.

    SO in what kind of file the Adobe cloud store the passwords in my account or on my computer?

    and where? 

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2021

    The PIN of your ATM card is also nowhere saved.

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 8, 2021

    and what does my Debit card have anything to do with this? and why would i be entering the PIN of my Debit card on my computer for anything?

    this comment is totally unreleated and honestly, stupid.

     

     


    It is similar to the password.

      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
      Legend
      January 12, 2021

      If you received the PDF file from someone else, ask them for the password they set for it.

       

      If you created the PDF file yourself and either intentionally password protected the PDF file or unintentionally password protected the PDF file and have forgotten the password, you are out of luck. There is no “back door” to bypass this protection nor does Adobe secretly maintain copies of passwords you use on PDF files. Otherwise the PDF password protection really wouldn't be protection.

       

      Sorry, but you might be out of luck on this!

       

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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