Recover PDF Password

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File size:
6.59Mb
Latest build:
3.0.118
Release date:
2nd March, 2011
Build compiled:
4th July, 2011
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PDF password recovery - remove PDF password

Remove restrictions & recover passwords of protected PDF files

We bet you are familiar with such issue as having an important password-protected PDF file, but the password to it is lost or forgotten. Of course you can spend a lot of time and effort on creating this document anew, or you can save your precious time and use Recover PDF Password - the software developed specifically for such cases that will help you with your PDF password recovery

It doesn't matter how long ago your PDF document was protected with a password - Recover PDF Password supports all versions of Adobe Acrobat up to v.9 and supports recovery of Unicode passwords uncluding Acrobat 9.x files. You won't experience any issues in the PDF password recovery no matter what language or keyboard layout it was created in. Recover PDF Password is optimized for multi-core computers for faster and more efficient performance.

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With Recover PDF Password you can:

Open, print, copy or edit password-protected PDF

PDF can be protected in two ways: using "user" password or "owner" password. First one prevents opening a document without knowing the password. The second protects information in a document from being printed, copied or edited. Recover PDF Password helps you remember any of them in a very simple way.

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Get an unprotected copy of PDF file without password search

"Decrypt" option is a very convenient thing. Say, your PDF document was protected with "owner" password only and you don't want to spend time recollecting this password or searching for it. Good news: your file can be decrypted right away with Recover PDF Password. Just add your PDF to the application and press "Decrypt" button. The next thing you'll have is your unprotected and totally unrestricted PDF file.

In case your document was protected with "user" password, "Decrypt" option is still available. First thing you should do in this case is recover the password with Recover PDF Password for Windows and after that decrypt the document to use it with no limitations at all.

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Use various methods to recover PDF passwords

Search by password length - if you can remember the approximate length of the password and what characters it may contain you can set the minimum and maximum length of the password and what symbols Recover PDF Password should search through.

Search by template - if you remember the password partially you can set the template for it with the mask symbols for those parts you can't remember, thus there will be less passwords variations to verify.

or use Exhaustive search - this method guarantees100% success but requires maximum time. Use it if the PDF file has both user and owner passwords and they are long and complicated.

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Dictionary search through the passwords

Mostly the passwords are created manually and consist of words that can be found in a dictionary. So performing a dictionary search by going over the words, their combinations and variations allows saving your precious time. Recover PDF Password offers the dictionary that contains more than 400 000 words.

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View already recovered PDF file passwords

"History" tab lets you view already recovered PDF file passwords at any time. Moreover, you can delete one or all entries in "History" by clicking "Remove" or "Remove All" buttons, copy "owner" or "user" passwords and view date and time when the selected password has been recovered.

Full features list:

  • Recovers "user" password required to open the file
  • Recovers "owner" passwords, which protect documents from being printed, copied or edited.
  • Working on multi-core computers makes Recover PDF Password performance even faster and more efficient
  • Supports Unicode passwords recovery for Acrobat 9.x files!
  • Supports PDF 1.7 (Acrobat 9.x) files, including 256-bit encryption
  • Adobe Acrobat software is not required
  • A vivid progress bar will show you how much time is left for password recovery
  • Brute-Force search is used to recover the "owner" and "user" passwords
  • Offers various recovery methods: by password length, by template, exhaustive search or dictionary search.
  • Specify your own template to minimize search time if any part of the password is known - include or exclude digits, lowercase or uppercase letters, etc.
  • Creates the decrypted copy of the file if "user" password is known.
  • Removes the digital signature from a decrypted file
  • Non-English characters in passwords are supported
  • Decrypted file passwords can be viewed any time
  • Drag and drop PDF files support
  • Flexible and user-friendly program interface

Demo version limitations:

  • A PDF file password can be recovered if it is not longer than four symbols when performing brute-force search. When dictionary search is used password of any length can be recovered, but only first and last character will be shown.
  • File decryption is available if owner or user password was restored or user password is absent. However only first page will be decrypted and watermark will be applied to it.

Interface languages:

German English French Russian Spanish Romanian

Compatible with:

  • Windows XP 32-bit
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP 64-bit
  • Windows 2003 32-bit
  • Windows 2003 64-bit
  • Windows 2008 32-bit
  • Windows 2008 64-bit
  • Windows Vista 32-bit
  • Windows Vista 64-bit
  • Windows 7 32-bit
  • Windows 7 64-bit
Purchasing the OEM license you get:

  • the DLL (or the LIB) file which provides API for PDF password recovery and PDF decryption
  • the OEM documentation on how to call the DLL or LIB functions of Recover PDF Password.
Why OEM?

OEM License permits you to embed Recover PDF Password into your own software or hardware products.

OEM license grants you the right for the unlimited redistribution of Recover PDF Password as an integral part of your software. OEM license is royalty-free one-time purchase.

How to evaluate the OEM license

To let you evaluate the OEM license before purchasing, we are ready to send you the OEM Evaluation Kit, so you can try integrating Recover PDF Password into your project. Upon your request, we can provide the DLL or LIB file with the same demo limitations, as in free version of Recover PDF Password.

Supported IDEs
  • Visual Studio 6.0+ (all languages)
  • C++ Builder, Delphi (all versions)
  • and many others!


Ordering Source Code license for Recover PDF Password you receive all extensively commented programming source code (GUI sources are not included). In addition, we provide technical and information lifetime support by email, IMs and phone, and high-end consulting services. Our leading developers will help you to implement Source codes and understand the advanced part of the product.


Company License grants you the right to install and utilize Recover PDF Password with GUI on unlimited number of computers by all employees of your company worldwide. It is the ideal solution if your company has representation offices in different parts of the world.
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