How do I save a password protected file without a password?

Go to File > Save As (give a new file name and save it)

If on a Mac, open with Preview and print to PDF.

Hardly relevant, we are talking about what we see in YOUR screen shot. Not the Adobe PDF printer. 

Open the document and the use the print to pdf function which will create a copy of your file without the password.

You obviously have to know the password in the first place.

It is frustrating as a lot of statements that come as protected pdfs need to be sent to institutions as proof and there is no way without buying a full copy or using password removal software.

When needing an unprotected copy of a password protected PDF

Open the file – and on the left side open the Page Thumbnails – highlight all of them – Go to the top, right click the first one and select “Extract Pages” then ok (don’t check any boxes). Close out of there and hit save and it’ll ask where and then it’ll save them there for you……. all unlocked.

Hope this helped

Hi Scott,

It is not possible to save a password protected file without a password with Adobe Reader, you would require Adobe Acrobat to remove the password protection. Even with Adobe Acrobat you can only remove the security if you are aware about the password otherwise you need to contact the Author/creator of the PDF to remove the security.

Regards,

~Pranav