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I have forgotton the permission password to a document I created. Is there a way to recreate the pdf document after you forgot the permission password?
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Not possible with Acrobat Reader.
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How did you originally create it?
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I created the document using Adobe Acrobat DC.
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From scratch??
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yes
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Re-create the document and save a backup of the unprotected document.
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Can you recreate by using 'save as' and rename the document without the permission password? I would need detail instructions.
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This is not possible.
Re-create the document from scratch.
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@Bernd Alheit So back to the original question, I have forgotton the permission password to a document I created. Is there a way to recreate the pdf document after you forgot the permission password?
Your reply: Not possible with Acrobat Reader
Is there a different response if you have Acrobat DC?
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No!
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This is not possible.
Re-create the document from scratch.
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But this time do NOT do it directly in Acrobat. It's really not supposed to be used like that.
Use some other application (Word, InDesign, etc.) and only when you're done convert the file to a PDF, and then apply a security policy to it.
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When you can open and print the document then print the document and scan the printout.
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