How to Remove a Password from PDF using API Integration with Zapier?

Have you ever wanted to automate removing a password to your PDF files? So that you can share them with your colleagues or other people without the need to provide them with a password to open the PDF file? PDF.co and Zapier can help you automate the process of removing a password to a PDF file.

Here’s a step-by-step guide:

  1. Create a Zap!
  2. Select a Trigger App
  3. Select a Trigger Event
  4. Setup Trigger
  5. Test Trigger
  6. Select an Action App
  7. Select an Action Event
  8. Setup Action
  9. Test Action
  10. Result

We will use this password-protected PDF for this tutorial:

Password-protected PDF
Password-protected PDF

Here’s a step-by-step guide with screenshots:

1. Create a Zap!

  • Click Create Zap on the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.

2. Select a Trigger App

  • For this tutorial, we will be using Google Drive as our Trigger App

Select a trigger app

NOTE: You may use different cloud storage for your trigger app.

3. Select a Trigger Event

  • For the trigger event, we will set it to New File in Folder. This way every time there’s a new file added to your Google Drive folder, it will trigger this zap.

Select a trigger event

4. Setup Trigger

  • Select the Drive and Folder that you’re going to use.

Setup Trigger

5. Test Trigger

Test trigger

6. Select an Action App

  • Search and select PDF.co as your Action App.

Select an action app

7. Select an Action Event

  • We will use PDF Security as the action event. This API can be used to both add or remove a password to a PDF.

Select an action event

8. Setup Action

  • In the PDF URL, insert the URL to your PDF file.
  • Select Remove Security, in Mode.
  • Add the Password of your PDF file in the Owner Password field.
  • You may set the Name of your output PDF

Setup action

Setup action

9. Test Action

Test action

Test successful

10. Result

  • Here’s the output PDF.
Screenshot of the Output PDF
Screenshot of the Output PDF

In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to remove a password from a PDF file using an API integration with Zapier.