Security

How to Make a PDF Read-Only

Lock your documents so recipients can view and print, but cannot alter the text.

By The Lazy PDF TeamSeptember 5, 20261 min read

Restricting permissions

When sending out a price list or a policy guide, you want to guarantee nobody can edit the numbers.

Using our Protect PDF tool, you can apply a permissions password. This is different from a document-open password. The recipient can open the file normally without typing anything, but the software will gray out all editing, copying, and form-filling capabilities.

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