Wondershare PDFelement
Protect PDF To Keep Documents Safe
Protect PDF from copying, editing, printing and viewing with passwords. Keep sensitive data confidential.
- Prevent unauthorized access to your files.
- Provide AES and RC4 encryption ciphers.
- Black out sensitive data on PDF.
Reliable PDF protector for maximum safety.
Encrypt PDF with password.
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Restrict unauthorized access to your file. A password is always needed to view the PDF file. -
Three levels of encryptions: AES-128, AES-256, and 128-bit RC4.
Encrypt PDF with password.
Easily protect PDF from copying, printing and editing.
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Prevent PDF from printing. You can change the permissions to allow low-quality printing. -
Prevent PDF from editing. You can adjust the restriction settings to allow a specific type of editing such as signing or commenting. -
Prevent PDF from copying text, images or content in other forms.
Easily protect PDF from copying, printing and editing.
Redact PDF in one click.
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Black out and delete sensitive information to keep your data safe. -
Redact text and images such as names, credit card numbers and social security numbers.
Redact PDF in one click.
Quickly search and redact information.
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Enter keywords to locate sensitive information quickly and apply multiple redactions simultaneously. -
Case-sensitive & whole word search.
Quickly search and redact information.
Keep PDF safe for everyone.
"Search and black out Social Security numbers, names of minor children, dates of birth, etc. before sending documents to court. Saves me a lot of time. "
" I love the encryption tool of PDFelement. I can make sure that signed PDF contracts won't be printed or copied before distribution."
"I can easily convert my Microsoft Word resume to a beautiful PDF. And also make it read-only to prevent any changes."
Protect PDF file in 3 easy steps.
FAQs about PDF protector.
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How to protect pdf from copying?
To prevent PDF from copying with PDFelement, click Protect > Set Password. Set a password under Permission password and make sure "Enable copying of text, images and other content" is unchecked. Here is a complete guide to protect PDF from copying.
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How to remove password protection from PDF?
If the password is added by PDFelement, you can open the file with the program and go to Protect > Set Password. Then you can uncheck the password to remove it. Read how to take password off PDF.
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How to make a PDF read-only?
Both Windows and Mac allows you to make a PDF read-only. On Windows device, right-click a PDF and click Properties > Read-only > OK. Then the PDF file will become read-only. On a Mac computer, you can do that by selecting the PDF, clicking File > Get Info and making permissions change under the Sharing & Permissions tab. Also, you use a PDF editor like PDFelement, which not only can set a PDF to read-only mode, but also can protect a PDF with access and print restrictions. With PDFelement, you can just go to Protect > Set Password and select Permission Password. Choose the option "No change allowed on this file".
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PDFelement for Desktop
Edit, print, eSign and protect documents. Free 1GB Document Cloud storage.
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Edit, print, eSign and protect documents. Free 1GB Document Cloud storage.
PDFelement Desktop + iOS + Cloud
Edit, print, eSign and protect documents. 100GB cloud storage for collaboration.
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