https://github.com/34j/pdfdecrypt-archive
.NET CLI tool for decrypting PDF files. (PDF password remover) Moved to 34j/decryptpdf.
https://github.com/34j/pdfdecrypt-archive
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.NET CLI tool for decrypting PDF files. (PDF password remover) Moved to 34j/decryptpdf.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/34j/pdfdecrypt-archive
- Owner: 34j
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2022-06-11T14:31:01.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-07-15T18:26:32.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-12T14:29:10.936Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: pdf, pdf-converter, windows
- Language: C#
- Homepage: https://github.com/34j/decryptpdf
- Size: 49.8 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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# PdfDecrypt
# Moved to [34j/decryptpdf](https://github.com/34j/decryptpdf) (Python CLI Package) as pikepdf may be able to decrypt more types of PDF files than PdfSharpCore.
(Although PdfSharpCore is also very nice to use.)
(However, this application has the advantage of being portable as a single EXE.)
## Requirements
win-x64, win-x86, win-arm, win-arm64, osx-x64, linux-x64, linux-arm
## Installation
1. Download the latest release from [Releases](https://github.com/34j/PdfDecrypt/releases).
2. Add the folder where the program is located to the environment variables.
## Usage
```console
> pdfdecrypt from
Password: ********
```
or
```console
> pdfdecrypt from.pdf -p password
```
`from.decrypted.pdf` will be generated.
```console
> pdfdecrypt -h
Usage: PdfDecrypt [options]
Arguments:
FromPath The path of the file to remove the password from.
ToPath The path to save the decrypted file to. (Optional)
Options:
-p|--password The password to use to decrypt the file.
-na|--noaddextension Whether not to add ".pdf" to FromPath or ToPath if it does not have extension.
-?|-h|--help Show help information.
```