Did you ever get frustrated with those PDF files which are locked? Generally PDF authors will apply these restrictions to prevent their content from being copied, printed etc. Sometimes the author’s may forget the password.

If you want to unlock the Locked or Password protected PDF files you need to have the password. If you don’t have one here are some easy ways by which you can bypass the restrictions applied on PDF files.

• Generally the software which are used to unlock PDF files are expensive. But here is a open-source command line utility for Linux and Windows to crack PDF passwords with ease, the software uses wordlist and brute force password cracking methods to get its work done.

You can download it here: PDFCrack

• If you don’t want all those command line things there is also a simple procedure to Unlock PDF Files Online where you have to just upload your files and a unlocked version will be displayed in another window.

Click here to unlock them online

you can also unlock excel files by using an excel locker in the above site by following the same procedure

• The best way to unlock PDF Files is a free ware utility called Freeware-PDF Un-locker. Using this software is very easy. You just have to drop your locked PDF files on the shortcut after you install it. Then it will create an unlocked version on the same folder.

Download it here: Freeware-PDFUnlocker

These methods are enough to unlock PDF files of any type of restrictions and If you have any better ways you can share them here.

PDF is one of the popular file format for documents. It is widely used everywhere but is difficult to create one as it requires a professional licensed PDF editing software. If you are home users and don’t want to spend on the tool, you may want to try doPDF, A Free PDF Convertor which can convert any Document files into PDF format for free. It installs as virtual PDF printer driver so you can find it in Printers and Faxes list.

In order to use this software, Download and install it into your Windows PC. To convert any Microsoft documents(Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad etc), go to File -> Print and you will notice a new ‘printer’ with the name of ‘doPDF v6’. Simply click ‘OK’ and it will convert your whole documents to PDF format instantly and store it in your selected folder.

Features..

• Free to use
• 32-bit and 64-bit support
• Customizable resolution
• Predefined/custom page sizes
• Search for text within the created PDF file
• Multi-language

Paint.NET. a free Photo Editor comes to the rescue as a great replacement, therefore, its name is prefixed with ‘Paint’, and the ‘.NET’ denotes the framework programming language it is based on.

With Paint.net, you have everything that you need like a resizing tool, layers, history bar, photo manipulation tools such as color balance, hue-saturation, advanced effect tools such as red-eye correction, blur, artistic effects, etc. Its interface, usability, icons, tools as well as shortcuts pretty much reinforce this. Of course, if you already have Adobe Photoshop you won’t need this. But for everyone else, this photo-editor is a blessing in disguise. The best feature is the availability of downloadable plugins for extra features.

Download Paint.NET Here