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Participant
February 26, 2019
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Can I recover a password

  • February 26, 2019
  • 3 replies
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Hi I had a few documents protected and cannot remember my password. Is there any way to recover?

Correct answer try67

No.

3 replies

Participant
August 19, 2025

That same thing just happened to me.  I use the same pw for secured documents for several years, no problem.  Tonight it kept sayingit was an incorrect password!  I really need to get into this document but I see no way to reset the password.

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 19, 2025

Hi Grace24121303h1oc,

 

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry about the trouble caused.

 

Please ensure that you are using the correct password. Please confirm if you were using the same password for this document? 

It would be helpful if you could share more information on the issue occurring on your end. Also, share the current Acrobat and OS version numbers that are in use. 

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

AkanchhaS8194121
Legend
February 28, 2019

Hi Noelo,

As mentioned by "try67", if you have lost the password to open the document then there isn't anything that can be done to recover or open password protected pdf.

It would have been a different case If you know the password, and have access to Acrobat, then you should be able to remove the password security. Just choose File > Properties after you open the PDF, and click the Security tab in the Properties dialog box to change the security settings.

Thanks,

Akanchha

Participant
October 6, 2021

hi bro,

 

know what can i do, is any other way to recover open password or can i bypass open password and open the file, is there anything trick have so i can open the pdf file.

 

Thanks 

Jafer

 

try67
Community Expert
try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 27, 2019

No.