Protect PDF
Password-protect PDFs before sharing them outside the team.
Fast. Secure. Reliable.Processed on our server, then deleted.
Secure
Decide who can open it, and what they can do.
A password to open the file, and a second one to lock what it allows — printing, copying, editing and the rest.
AES encryption256-bit by default, 128-bit for older readers.Eight permissionsPrinting, copying, editing and more.Check before you sendThe summary shows what the file will allow.Removed afterFiles are deleted when the job expires.
- 1Upload→
- 2Configure→
- 3Protect→
- 4Download
Upload PDF file
Choose a PDF file to password-protect.
Max 25 MB · 50 pages
Protection summary
- Open password
- Not set
- Permissions password
- Not set
- Encryption
- AES 256-bit
- Document details
- Kept
- Printing
- Allowed
- High-quality printing
- Allowed
- Copying text and images
- Allowed
- Editing
- Allowed
- Comments and annotations
- Allowed
- Form filling
- Allowed
- Page assembly
- Allowed
- Screen reader access
- Allowed
Security settings
Configure password protection and document permissions.
Open password *
Required to open the PDF.
Permissions password
Set this to make the restrictions below hold. Without it they are advisory.
What the file allows
Select a PDF to enable protection.
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