Add Password

🔒 100% browser-based

Add password protection to PDFs without encryption. Basic access control.

Drop a PDF here or click to browse

How to use this tool

1 Upload your PDF file (drag & drop or click to browse)
2 Adjust settings if needed (quality, range, etc.)
3 Process — your file stays in your browser
4 Download the result

Why JadePDF for this tool

✓ 100% browser-based — open DevTools to verify
✓ No signup required, no daily limits
✓ No watermark, no ads in the tool widget

Privacy details

This tool is 100% browser-based. Your PDF is read into browser memory, processed by pdf-lib WASM, and the result is offered for download. No network requests are made for processing.

Your PDF → Browser Memory → pdf-lib WASM → Output PDF
Zero network requests. Zero server uploads.

Verify yourself: Open Chrome DevTools → Network tab, then use this tool — you'll see zero requests.

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