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.

Password-protected PDF — Sample Password-protected PDF

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

Contents

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Select a Trigger App

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Select a Trigger Event

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Select an Action App

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Select an Action Event

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Step 1: Create a Zap!

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

Step 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.

Step 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

Step 4: Setup Trigger

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

Setup Trigger

Step 5: Test Trigger

Test trigger

Step 6: Select an Action App

Search and select PDF.co as your Action App.

Select an action app

Step 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

Step 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

Step 9: Test Action

Test action

Test successful

Step 10: Result

Here’s 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.