

Select any locked PDF in Google Drive and open the PDF toolbox app in the sidebar. The app will create a new copy of the PDF file in your Drive that will open without requiring a password.

If you a password-protect PDF file in your Google Drive, you can use the PDF toolbox to remove the password protection. Thus, similar restrictions apply with the toolbox as well. Please note that the Google Drive API imposes a limit of 10 MB on the size of PDF files exported from native Google documents. In the case of native Google documents, the file is first converted to a PDF document and then encrypted with the specified password. The app can secure PDF files as well as Google documents, spreadsheet and presentations. Enter the output file name (it will also be saved in your Google Drive), provide a password and specify whether the encrypted file should allow printing and comments.Ĭlick the Encrypt button to create a new PDF file that would require a password to open. Next, select any PDF file or Google document in your Google Drive and expand the “Encrypt PDF” section. The app requires access to the file that you would like to encrypt (or decrypt) and you also have an an option to send the encrypted file as an email attachment to another user. To get started, install the PDF toolbox add-on and grant the necessary authorization.
