Put a Password on a PDF, or Take One Off PADLOCK
Lock a PDF with a password so it cannot be opened without one, or take the password off one you have the password for. The file is read and rewritten in this tab.
The PDF
Drop the PDF here, or
Lock it
The password to open it is the lock. The owner password only sets what a reading program is asked to allow.
Unlock it
Its password, either the one to open it or the owner password. A file that opens without one is unlocked with none.
The result
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