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Yes, really. It's a good thing. PDF security exists. Adobe let you put it on. Adobe let you take it off with the password. Adobe DON'T let you remove it just because it's inconvenient. That's not really how security works. You should understand where your issue lies: with the person who chose to add security and deliberately stop you doing that stuff.

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Test Screen NameCorrect answer
Legend
December 12, 2017

Yes, really. It's a good thing. PDF security exists. Adobe let you put it on. Adobe let you take it off with the password. Adobe DON'T let you remove it just because it's inconvenient. That's not really how security works. You should understand where your issue lies: with the person who chose to add security and deliberately stop you doing that stuff.

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    ckiedrowski
    Participant
    November 8, 2017

    Here is a solution:

    If you need to delete a page from a document, just do "Print" and then "Save As PDF" (depending on your platform). You should be able to remove any pages like that and have an "unsecured" PDF document where you can delete and rearrange as needed.

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      gkaiseril
      Inspiring
      November 8, 2017

      The above assumes that printing of the PDF is allowed. Note, you will also degrade the quality of the PDF.

        try67
        Community Expert
        try67Community Expert
        Community Expert
        December 12, 2017

        That seemed to be a very creative solution, but all I get is a log file with errors.  No PDF is created.  Here's the log file:

        %%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%%

        This PostScript file was created from an encrypted PDF file.

        Redistilling encrypted PDF is not permitted.

        %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%

        %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%


        Good. It should not allow you to do that.

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          Test Screen Name
          Legend
          July 23, 2014

          1. Obtain the password.

          2. Go to File > Properties.

          3. Under Security, change method to None - enter password when requested.

          4. Save AS the file as a new name.

          5. Extract the pages.

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            Test Screen Name
            Legend
            July 23, 2014

            By the way, I believe certain secured files might allow you to delete pages. Try that. If so, you can make cut down, still secure, extracted files. With care.

            yossi3321
            yossi3321Author
            Participant
            July 23, 2014

            Thank you but I don't have the password and it doesn't allow me to delete is there any other way out?

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