Remove security limitations from PDF documents using ghostscript

gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf -c .setpdfwrite -f INPUT.pdf

Remove security from PDF document using this very simple command on Linux and OSX. You need ghostscript for this baby to work.

By: deijmaster

2009-12-14 21:30:22

gs Security Linux pdf osx

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Remove security limitations from PDF documents using ghostscript (for Windows)

#4345 also works under windows
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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gswin32c -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sFONTPATH=%windir%/fonts;xfonts;. -sPDFPassword= -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dPassThroughJPEGImages=true -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf

till · 2011-05-24 14:08:20 6

What Others Think

This is just great, so I can finally remove wine and GetPDF Encryptor/Decryptor :-)

nickwe · 749 weeks and 1 day ago

Any encrypted PDF's around to test with?

pykler · 748 weeks ago

Can this metod crack PDF Example - Password protection in http://www.novapdf.com/kb/pdf-example-files-created-with-with-novapdf-138.html ? (128-bit key length encryption and requires a password to open it (you can open it using the password test))

adrruiz · 674 weeks and 1 day ago

The script for Windows works like a charm. It deserves high votes. To make it easy to use, add the path to gswin32c in your autoexec.bat file. Include the path to the input and output files in the command string (easiest to put them in the root directory of one of your drives).

tongass · 618 weeks and 1 day ago

Hi, thanks for this great script! It is so convenient to put this to batch that goes through multiple subfolder. But now I have a question. I have a huge number of files where not all of them are password protected. Converting them with this script will increase the file size and is not recommended. How can I make a script that first checks the PDF for security and if needed then applies GS?

proguru · 555 weeks and 5 days ago

Thank you so much for this fantastic script! It's quite easy to run this as a batch process that passes through numerous subfolders. But now I'd want to ask you another question. I have a lot of documents that I'd want to convert into my native tongue. Can someone recommend a good-quality translator for me? https://bizop.org/

MarleneRRogers · 122 weeks and 4 days ago

Thank you so much for this fantastic script! It's quite easy to run this as a batch process that passes through numerous subfolders. But now I'd want to ask you other question. I have a lot of documents that I'd want to convert into my native tongue. Can someone recommend a good-quality translator for me?

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