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My bank statement PDF has a password. Here's how I remove it without uploading the statement anywhere

Every month my bank emails me a statement as a password-protected PDF. That's fine until I need to do something with it: forward it to whoever files my taxes, attach three months of them to a loan…

  • Identify open or owner password type by opening PDF in browser
  • Use browser print dialog or qpdf command line tool to remove password
  • Save cleared PDF as copy, keep original encrypted statement as archive

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