# Locked PDF help

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 7, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989 "2006-03-07T08:46:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989/1 "2006-03-07T08:46:34Z")

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Say I set the security settings on a PDF a little high, and totally forgot the password…

anyone have any idea how I would get the password so I can change the security clearance?

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**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989/2 "2006-03-07T08:56:53Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
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> Say I set the security settings on a PDF a little high, and totally forgot the password…
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> anyone have any idea how I would get the password so I can change the security clearance?

[http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-49,GGLG:en&q=pdf+password](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-49,GGLG:en&q=pdf+password)

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**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989/3 "2006-03-07T09:12:56Z")

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Since pdf password hacks take forever, what i have done in the past is downloaded a pdf to word converter, exact match converted to .doc, then printed it back as .pdf worked flawlessly to copy and modify a government pdf file

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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/locked-pdf-help/8989/4 "2006-03-07T09:24:32Z")

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I got it, thanks