PDF Password
A simple command-line tool that password-protects PDF documents without exposing data online.
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Secure PDFs Locally with Simple Commands
PDF Password makes it easy to password-protect PDF documents without exposing your data to an online tool. Simply download and install PDF Password for Free, then use basic command-line syntax to apply password-based encryption to your PDF documents.
Encrypting a PDF with a password:
Decrypting a PDF:
PDF Password also supports batch processing and multi-file mode by using the '-batch' parameter and an input file mask:
The command-line syntax easily integrates into automated processes, and data never leaves the local system on which PDF Password is installed. The tool is avilable for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Modern Cryptography
Supports all modern cryptographic PDF encryption and decryption standards.
Batch Mode Support
Batch mode and filemask syntax ensure easy encryption of multiple files at once.
Always Local
Data never leaves the local machine on which PDF Password is installed.
Easy to Use
Simple command-line syntax ensures easy adoption for technical and non-technical users.
Easy to Automate
PDF Password's command-line execution is easy to embed in larger automated processes.
Cross-Platform Support
All features are available cross-platform: Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Product Features
- Support for modern PDF encryption standards.
- Simple command-line syntax.
- Batch mode and multi-file encryption.
- Data always stays local.
- A complete unified framework with a common, easy-to-learn object model and simplified interfaces that enable you to do more.
- Components are thread-safe on critical members.
- Fast, robust, reliable components that consume minimal resources.
- Native development components for all supported platforms and technologies.
- Rigorously tested, rock solid libraries that have undergone hundreds of thousands of hours of testing both internally by our QA team and externally through customer installations.
- Detailed reference documentation, sample applications, fully-indexed help files, and an extensive online knowledge base.
- Backed by multi-tier professional support, including free email support and enterprise-level paid support.