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Apr 04, 2020 Apr 04, 2020

I've forgotten my password. How or where do I retrieve a password 

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Dov Isaacs
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If you lost the password to a password protected PDF file, you are SOL. The idea behind password-protected PDF is to provide protection which means that neither Adobe nor anyone else has a secret copy of your document's password.

 

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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