About the Password Protect PDF
Protect contracts, statements and medical documents before emailing them. The PDF is encrypted with AES-256 (the strongest standard PDF encryption) right in your browser — neither the file nor the password is ever sent anywhere.
You can also restrict printing, copying and editing for compliant PDF viewers.
How to use it
- Open the PDF.
- Enter and confirm a strong password; set permissions.
- Download the encrypted PDF.
Good to know
- Choose a long password (12+ characters); short passwords on encrypted files can be brute-forced offline.
- Permission restrictions rely on viewer cooperation and are weaker than the open password.
- There is no way to recover a forgotten password.