Remove Password Protection by using the Action Wizard?

[stefanh79]

Hello,

I´ve got many of PDFs in one Folder and each one is protected by the same Password.

My question is now, how can I remove the protection in a batch or sequence using the Action wizard or Javascript.

There`re over 800 Files and it could be worst to open each one manually and remove the Protection 😞

Thank´s for all Answers!

Bye,

Stefan

[maratovich]

Can you attach an example file?
Or send me a private message.

[Adorobat · Accepted solution]

Hi Stefanh,

Sorry for the delay in response.

Please refer to the steps given in the following link which explains how you can remove password from multiple files using Action wizard:

Any Documentation For Creating An Action To Remove Passwords? (Protect PDF)

How do I batch unlock/decrypt PDFs in Acrobat XI?

Let us know if you have any further question.

Shivam

[it_bci]

This method no longer works for me in Acrobat Pro 2017, although it did work briefly. The action now shows the encyption step to remove the password as inactive and does not perform it.

Is there a Javascript method for removing the password?

[try67]

> Is there a Javascript method for removing the password?

No.

[it_bci]

Thank you for this information.

[it_bci]

A freshly installed copy of Acrobat 2017 Pro was able to remove the password through Action Wizard, with Password Security activated in the Action Wizard preferences. Once that copy received the automatic update, it could no longer do so.

Acrobat 9 Pro is able to remove passwords through batch processing, with Password Security enabled in the batch processing preferences.