# How to unlock a locked PDF

**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-unlock-a-locked-pdf/70394
**Category:** DEVONthink
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-unlock-a-locked-pdf/70394 "2022-04-05T16:44:03Z")
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### Author: ![SlickSlack](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SlickSlack](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/SlickSlack)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-unlock-a-locked-pdf/70394/5 "2022-04-05T23:40:06Z")

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Here’s one tip for encrypted PDFs. The tldr is that the loopholes for exporting from locked PDFs are slowly getting filled in.

[monterey encrypted pdf workaround](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/monterey-encrypted-pdf-workaround/69726)

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