How to edit documents with read only on iPhone

[Austin241512650k6a]

Hello. I have an iPhone with Adobe Acrobat Pro. I have tried editing documents on my phone, but I cannot edit or fill and sign. The document is listed with an error message as read only. How do I edit documents with my iPhone in the Adobe Acrobat Pro application?

[jane-e]

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@Austin241512650k6a wrote:

Hello. I have an iPhone with Adobe Acrobat Pro. I have tried editing documents on my phone, but I cannot edit or fill and sign. The document is listed with an error message as read only. How do I edit documents with my iPhone in the Adobe Acrobat Pro application?

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Some of your terminology is confusing.

The iPhone does not support Acrobat Pro — you can only install Acrobat Reader for Mobile (free). If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro for desktop and have signed in with the same login, then it includes editing capabilities on the iPhone.

The exception is if the PDF is read-only. If the creator locked the file for editing then you cannot edit it without knowing the password and unlocking it. 

• Did you get the PDF from a public website? If so, we can look at it.
• Do you have Acrobat Pro on your desktop? If so, go to File > Properties > Security and tell us what it says.

There's a good chance I've misunderstood your question, so please clarify.

Jane

[Vlada250642844d8k]

I have the same issue.

fillable pdf file is from web site 

[marielb66605481]

I have a similar issue- I can't switch a document from "read only." I am working on an ipad.

[S. S]

Hi @marielb66605481 @Vlada250642844d8k,

Hope you are doing well. Sorry for your experience with Acrobat Reader Mobile.

Files created read-only or protected from changes are only editable or fillable on the desktop version.

You might also try filling in the files on the online portal: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/home/

Hope this helps.

-Souvik

[Gabriel34991133yts6]

Good afternoon, I am having the same issue. Unrestricted pdf, (confirmed it is not read only), and when opening on ipad it says read only. It works fine on adobe acrobat reader (free) on desktop.

[BACB25895808ikw3]

Hi,

Is this still the case? I'm having trouble with Read-Only documents on our iPads even now.

Thanks

[Amal.]

Hi there

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the late reply.

If you are still experiencing this issue, is this an issue with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs? Please try with a different PDF file and check.

Also, as suggested in the previous response, files created read-only or protected from changes are only editable or fillable on the desktop version. You might also try filling in the files on the online portal: https://adobe.ly/4koVrf9 and see if that works.

Let us know how it goes.

[jane-e]

I'm having trouble with Read-Only documents on our iPads even now.

By @BACB25895808ikw3

Read-only documents cannot be edited without the password.

Jane