# Remove the password from a PDF

Decrypt a password-protected PDF so it no longer requires a password to open, in a Power Automate flow. No code, and nothing is stored.

Use this action to remove the password protection from a PDF.

<PowerAutomateAction
  title="Remove the password from a PDF"
  caption="Remove the password from a PDF."
  fields={[
    { label: "File Content", kind: "token", value: "File Content", required: true },
    { label: "Password", placeholder: "The password required to open the PDF document", required: true },
  ]}
/>

## Parameters

<ParamField name="File Content" type="File" required>
  The content of the input PDF document.
</ParamField>

<ParamField name="Password" type="String" required>
  The password required to open the file.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ParamField name="Unencrypted PDF File Content" type="File">
  The content of the PDF document without password protection. You can use it as an input to other actions in your flow.
</ParamField>

## Related actions

<CardGroup cols={2}>

<Card title="Add password" href="/docs/power-automate/add-password-to-pdf">
  Encrypt a document with a password.
</Card>

<Card title="Remove restrictions" href="/docs/power-automate/remove-restrictions-from-pdf">
  Clear copy, print, and edit restrictions.
</Card>

<Card title="Add restrictions" href="/docs/power-automate/add-restrictions-to-pdf">
  Restrict copying, printing, and editing.
</Card>

<Card title="Remove signatures" href="/docs/power-automate/remove-signatures-from-pdf">
  Strip cryptographic signatures from a document.
</Card>

</CardGroup>