Remove password : multiple PDFs (Action wizard) - Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

[Marrluxia]

Hello I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

I have created an action converting multiple PDFs to txt files.

However, some PDFs are locked. 

I can unlock a pdf, but I has to be one by one manually, and it is not convenient for me (~over 2 000 pdfs).

Is there a way to add a "step" in my already-existing action ?

I am open to solutions/suggestions already existing in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC or a programming one (i.e. Javascript since we can import scripts)

Thank you in advance

[Bernd Alheit]

No

[Marrluxia]

Oh, I see. Is there a way to get a log after the action is completed? 
Thank you once again! 

[Doc Maik · Accepted solution]

I stumbled across this problem today and could solve it. I already had an action to set a password, which works fine, but removing so far was a problem just from the actual action, until I did this:

a) Go to Prefs -> Action wizard and select "Password security" in the dropdown menu

b) Create an action where the first command is Encryption, set it to None and uncheck the option to open a requester

c) Add a command to save the file.

When now wanting to batch-remove passwords, make sure that no document is open. Then

a) Go to Tools -> Action wizard and select your remove password action.

b) Select one or multiple files. After that it should come up with a requester to enter the password and given that all documents use the same, it would now batch-remove and batch-save the PDFs without password.

Worked for me. The key point was the setting in the Prefs.

[Naethan O]

Thanks, this saved me a lot of trouble!

[dan_6801]

This did not work for me, no such options, I probably don't have the full version of Acrobat. 

[Doc Maik]

You probably mean like Standard and Pro version. Not sure, but I don't think the standard version wouldn't have that. The comparison at https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing/compare-versions.html doesn't particular list something about PDF security. 

So, do you have that Action Wizard and can create actions or not, or is it just mission options?

 

[try67]

Both versions of Acrobat can apply a security policy, but only Acrobat Pro has batch processing capabilities.

[Adrienne_Cameron-Elli3449]

I don't understand why this is so complicated. I am subscribed to Acrobat Pro, but the only app available for me to download is Acrobat. It looks exactly like the screenshiots you have uploaded, but I cannot find any way to access the services I am supposedly paying for, so that I may be able to do this.