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How to remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Premium Suite

Learn to code in VB.NET to remove protection from pdf with pdf sdk with this step-by-step tutorial

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Program.vb

      Imports Bytescout.PDF

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        Try
            'Files
            Dim fileName As String = "ProtectedPDFFile.pdf"
            Dim fileName_UnProtected As String = "UnProtectedPDFFile.pdf"

            'Protected file password
            Dim filePassword As String = "admin@123"
            'Process file to remove password

            Dim document As Document = New Document()
            document.RegistrationName = "demo"
            document.RegistrationKey = "demo"
            document.Load(fileName, filePassword)

            ' Remove password protection and encryption
            document.Security.OwnerPassword = String.Empty
            document.Security.UserPassword = String.Empty
            document.Security.EncryptionAlgorithm = EncryptionAlgorithm.None

            ' Remove restrictions
            document.Security.AllowAccessibilitySupport = True
            document.Security.AllowAssemlyDocument = True
            document.Security.AllowContentExtraction = True
            document.Security.AllowFillForms = True
            document.Security.AllowModifyAnnotations = True
            document.Security.AllowModifyDocument = True
            document.Security.AllowPrintDocument = True
            document.Security.PrintQuality = PrintQuality.HightResolution

            'Save Unprotected file
            document.Save(fileName_UnProtected)
            Console.WriteLine("PDF restrictions removed successfully!")

            Process.Start(fileName_UnProtected)

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        End Try

        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...")
        Console.ReadLine()


    End Sub

End Module