Password Protect PDF

Secure PDF documents and/or add restrictions from your home and new tab page!
What is Password Protect PDF?
Password Protect PDF is a Chrome Extension allowing secure management of PDF documents. Users can add a password to their documents and apply varying restrictions including the prevention of printing, copying contents, modifying content, limiting screen readers, and altering annotations. It is user-friendly with no registration requirement. The tool links to our online conversion utilities for comprehensive PDF handling.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 2.50 (10)
Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-27)
Creation date: 2020-05-28
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 22.92K

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Extension summary

You can protect your PDF documents with password or/and you can add restrictions to it as well.

Supported restrictions are: 1-Printing 2-CopyContents 3-ModifyContent 4-ScreenReaders 5-ModifyAnnotations

WHAT PDF SOLUTIONS CONVERTER IS ALL ABOUT? We understand the frustrations when it come to dealing with pdf files and not having proper software to view or convert these. We at Free PDF Solutions make conversion simple to all user types and thrive on doing so.

With Password Protect PDF, there's... • No registration required • Ease of use

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use extension
  • Helps with discrepancies on a website
  • One of the best solutions in the webstore
  • Users express satisfaction when it works
Cons
  • Redirects to a website instead of functioning as an extension
  • Potential virus/trojan alerts from antivirus software
  • Reported inability to get it to work
  • Long processing times for file conversion
  • Takes over Chrome with ads in new tabs
Most mentioned
  • Did not work at all for me
  • DO NOT USE!! My Virus protector said it was dangerous
  • It was taking 5+ minutes to 'convert my file'
Recent reviews
It's a website... If you click where it says online-converter.freepdfsolutions.com, you can use it without downloading it, and the chrome extension just takes you to the website...
by Isaac, 2023-01-10

DO NOT USE!! My Virus protector said it was dangerous and was a trojan.
by Stephanie Glenn, 2020-07-25

Did not work at all for me.
by John Bowden, 2019-05-15
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Password Protect PDF does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Password Protect PDF is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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