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Did Adobe recently change the minimum character requirement for a password from 4 to 6?

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Meenakshi_NegiCorrect answer

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Hi All,

Adding to the information provided above.

Please refer to the information provided in the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/set-pdf-passwords-fewer-than-six-characters-long.html to set fewer than six characters long password for a PDF.

Hope the information helps.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

Meenakshi_NegiCorrect answer

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Hi All,

Adding to the information provided above.

Please refer to the information provided in the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/set-pdf-passwords-fewer-than-six-characters-long.html to set fewer than six characters long password for a PDF.

Hope the information helps.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Aurora1585

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It doesn't. I've tried multiple

times, followed steps til

the end of the Action Wizard, hit "save" and will still prompt for a 6 character password. This feature needs to be removed IMMEDIATELY

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javier.striata

Participant

Could you please clarify whether this new requirement impacts only PDF documents created specifically within Adobe Acrobat? Also, what happens to documents that were previously created with a 5-digit password? Will those fail to open on this version of the software?

I have multiple documents sent to me from different companies that use a 5-digit ZIP code as the password in my inbox. Will I still be able to access those?

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MohdKashif17830333

Adobe Employee

The limit applies to all documents on which password is being applied from inside Acrobat. It does not matter where the document was created. The limit is not enforced when applying protection via scripting. This is so as to not break any existing automated systems that apply password protection. The limit has been enforced to maintain consistency across different UI options in the application. On some UI invocation points (example File->Protect using password) this limit was already enforced even in previous versions. Also, a longer password is difficult to break and helps users protect their content better.

There will be no issue opening the PDFs that were previously protected with password (even if it was less than 6 characters).

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Jamie5E22

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Is there any way to change this to allow us to use a four digit passcode? We have long time clients with systems set in place to use a specific four digit passcode and they will be extremely upset if we have to change it.

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MohdKashif17830333

Adobe Employee

In the latest version of Acrobat Adobe made character limit for passwords consistent across all UI invocation points. Protect tool already had a limit of 6 characters but some entry points still allowed lower limits which was raised by some customers as an anomaly. In latest version minimum limit has been set to 6 for all invocation points.

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visualeyes80

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Is there no option to disable the minimum 6 characters for password?

I mean at the end of the day, it is our own document we are protecting -- and as such, I should have control on how long or short my password should be....

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jakyasarAuthor

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I agree with you as it should be our choice on what to do with our documents

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