PDF files are now widely adopted by people both for personal and commercial use. To prevent viewing, printing, editing or copying the PDF file, many people usually choose to add a password to their PDF files. But unfortunately, there are so many occasions that you just accidently lost your PDF password. Then, a PDF unlocker becomes an essential to unlock PDF files.
But when you Google search PDF unlocker for mac, you will get numerous results, and it is not easy to select the most suitable one.
I believe I am not the only one who has the same question. In that case, I searched and tried 5 PDF Unlockers on Mac to get your password-protected files unlocked. Read the following parts to find the one fits your need the most.
1. Cisdem PDF Password Remover
Cisdem PDF Password Remover is the first one I want to recommend. It is an easy-to-use professional PDF Unlocker tool to unlock password-protected PDFs, designed to directly remove password or restrictions of PDFs, also to crack PDFs that with unknown user password, With this tool, it will be quite easy to get full access to password-protected PDF files or making secured PDFs 100% editable and printable.
If your PDF is user-password protected, there would be a lock icon appearing on the right side with your PDF. Click the lock icon, either enter the user password if you know or directly decrypt the password if you forgot it.
Free Download Windows 11/10/8/7 Free Download macOS 10.13 or later
2. PDF Key Pro
PDFKey Pro enables users to edit, print by making an equivalent unlocked copy of your owner password-protected PDF, without requiring you to enter the owner password. If your files are protected for viewing, you must supply the
open password. It can also protect your files with password.
3. iSkysoft PDF Editor Pro for Mac
iSkysoft PDF Editor Pro for Mac is a comprehensive PDF tool, removing PDF password is just one feature of its multiple functions including editing, annotating, creating PDF, adding protection, converting PDF into other formats, etc. Instead of directly removing the password of PDFs like Cisdem PDF Password Remover for Mac, iSkysoft PDF Editor just circumvents the password by converting the locked files into Word, also it doesn’t function as impressively as other professional unlocking or cracking PDF tools.
4. VeryPDF PDF Password Remover for Mac
VeryPDF PDF Password Remover for Mac is designed to crack the permission controls and make the PDF file editable without owner password. To those PDF files encrypted by user password, users will be requested to input either the user password or owner password for unlocking process.
5. iPubsoft PDF Password Remover for Mac
iPubsoft PDF Password Remover for Mac is another software for Mac users to remove security of password-protected PDF files on Mac OS X. You can remove owner password from encrypted PDF documents effortlessly so that you can View, copy, print and edit protected PDF files. But it won’t work if your PDF files are secured by user (open) password, and you have to enter the password.
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Cisdem PDF Password Remover for Mac |
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iSkysoft PDF Editor Pro for Mac |
VeryPDF PDF Password Remover for Mac |
iPubsoft PDF Password Remover for Mac |
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Operating System |
macOS 10.13 High Sierra - macOS 15.0 Sequoia |
Mac OS X 10.7.4 or later |
Mac OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.11 El Capitan |
Mac OS X: v 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, etc |
Mac OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.11 El Capitan |
Applicable for |
Mac |
Mac |
Mac |
Mac |
Mac |
Type of Document |
Owner-restricted files; User-restricted files; Owner&User-restricted files |
Owner-restricted files only |
Owner-restricted files only |
Owner-restricted files; User-restricted files; Owner&User-restricted files
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Owner-restricted files only |
How it works |
Directly remove owner password and restrictions; Crack user password with brute force;
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Remove owner password by creating a new unlocked PDF copy |
Remove owner password by converting PDF to Word format |
Remove owner password by creating a new unlocked PDF copy; Unlock user/user&owner password protected PDF by supplying correct user or owner password; |
Remove owner password by creating a new unlocked PDF copy |
Price |
$29.99 |
$24.99 |
$99.95 |
$29.95 |
$29.95 |
Capacity |
Up to 200 PDFs |
Multiple PDF files |
Multiple PDF files |
Multiple PDF files |
Multiple PDF files |
As we can see, most of the PDF Unlocker Tools is only tailored for removing owner password and the restrictions, there are quite few professional tools to unlock user password-protected from PDFs which always bother us the most. Cisdem Password Remover for Mac is such a PDF unlocker to remove both user and owner password, allowing you to full access to the files. Now have a free trial of it. If applicable, download and your encrypted PDF files will be unlocked in the next minute.
Carolyn has always been passionate about reading and writing, so she joined Cisdem as an editor as soon as she graduated from university. She focuses on writing how-to articles about PDF editing and conversion.
Jane
Thanks for offering these points, it is better for me to choose my own one.
Elias
You gave a list of those most affordable unlockers, your test result has convinced me into use the Cisdem, I tried and it did the real work.
Kris
The accident of finding this post has brithgened my day
Joyce123
I really need a good PDF unlocker to remove password from my PDF. This article appeared just in time. Content is very comprehensive. Thank you for sharing. I will try Cisdem PDF Password Remover for Mac, hope that will help me.