Tool x decrypt pdf

Decrypt a PDF

The command-line tools are provided by sumatrapdf-tool, which is installed next to SumatraPDF.exe. They only work after SumatraPDF has been installed.

Available in pre-release 3.7

In application #

To decrypt a PDF in SumatraPDF:

open encrypted PDF document
Ctrl + k for command palette
Decrypt PDF

Or:

open encrypted PDF document
right-click for context menu
Document > Decrypt PDF

From command-line #

To decrypt a PDF using SumatraPDF from command-line:

sumatrapdf-tool clean -D -p pwd foo-encrypted.pdf foo-decrypted.pdf

Flags:

-D : decrypt
-p <pwd> : provide password

You can see all flags.

You can also encrypt

SumatraPDF documentation

Decrypt a PDF