Add a password to a PDF
Protect your PDF with an AES-256 password without uploading it anywhere.
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About this tool
You are about to email a medical record, a bank statement or a contract. With a password, even if the email reaches the wrong person, the file won't open.
Most sites that add a password upload your document to their server first — the opposite of what you want. Here encryption runs in your browser and the file never leaves your computer.
How it works
- 1
Drop the PDF.
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Type a password or press “Create a strong one”.
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Download the protected PDF and share the password through another channel.
Questions
- Which encryption does it use?
- AES-256, the strongest in the PDF standard. Adobe Acrobat, Chrome, Edge, macOS Preview and mobile readers open it.
- What if I forget the password?
- It cannot be recovered: we never see or store it. That's why you can copy it with one click.
- Why send the password separately?
- If both travel in the same email, whoever intercepts it has both. Send it by chat or say it on the phone.