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reliable_Wish2625
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June 2, 2025
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Remove pw protection on adobe acrobat pro for ipad?

  • June 2, 2025
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I have acrobat pro on my ipad pro. I was trying to make documents read only but the password protection feature seems to have simply made it unable to open without the password. Now I can't remove the password protection. I don't want users to need a password to open I just want to prevent unauthorized editing.


does anybody know:

1. How do I remove password protection from my own docs?

2. How do I make my pdf docs read only?

 

 

 

Correct answer Amal.

Hi there 

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble you are experiencing with the password protection and securing the PDF files.

 

I have checked your Adobe account and found that you have an active plan for Acrobat Pro. To remove the password and restrict editing, please open the PDF on your desktop using the Acrobat Pro desktop app. 

 

Two types of passwords are available:

1. Document open password: A Document open password (also known as a user password) requires a user to type a password to open the PDF.

2. Permissions password: A permissions password (the primary password) requires a password to change permission settings. Using a permissions password, you can restrict printing, editing, and copying content in the PDF. Recipients don’t need a password to open the document in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. They do need a password to change the restrictions you've set.

If the PDF is secured with both types of passwords, it can be opened with either password. However, only the permissions password allows the user to change the restricted features.

 

To know more about how to remove password protection and restrict the editing of the documents, please check the help page: https://adobe.ly/45BTqYP 

 

Let us know if you experience any trouble and need more help

2 replies

Tracer2026
Tracer2026
Participant
June 2, 2026

This is NOT answering the questions!!  I have the same issue, we would like to remove password production on a document via IOS, withOUT using desktop application.  I only have my IPad and have active adobe pro subscription.  
 

how can we remove password protection on certain files?

 

thanks

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Tariq Ahmad DarCommunity Manager
Community Manager
June 2, 2026

Hi ​@Tracer2026, 

Thanks for reaching out, and for the feedback. 
If you are an author of the document and you have access to Adobe Acrobat, you can remove the password: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/desktop/protect-documents/protect-with-passwords/remove-passwords-from-pdfs.html 

Let us know if you have further questions. 

~Tariq 

Tracer2026
Tracer2026
Participant
June 2, 2026

Dear Tariq 

 

thanks for your prompt replay, however these option ARE NOT available in Adobe IOS.  You are probably again talking about the desktop version NOT IOS

 

the only option I have in ADOBE IOS under all tools is to set a password but NO option to remove the password 

Amal.
Amal.Correct answer
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June 3, 2025

Hi there 

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble you are experiencing with the password protection and securing the PDF files.

 

I have checked your Adobe account and found that you have an active plan for Acrobat Pro. To remove the password and restrict editing, please open the PDF on your desktop using the Acrobat Pro desktop app. 

 

Two types of passwords are available:

1. Document open password: A Document open password (also known as a user password) requires a user to type a password to open the PDF.

2. Permissions password: A permissions password (the primary password) requires a password to change permission settings. Using a permissions password, you can restrict printing, editing, and copying content in the PDF. Recipients don’t need a password to open the document in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. They do need a password to change the restrictions you've set.

If the PDF is secured with both types of passwords, it can be opened with either password. However, only the permissions password allows the user to change the restricted features.

 

To know more about how to remove password protection and restrict the editing of the documents, please check the help page: https://adobe.ly/45BTqYP 

 

Let us know if you experience any trouble and need more help

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