Open the file and it will now require a password to open. Once the file is encrypted, it will be automatically saved as a separate file in your Google Drive directory. Click the “Encrypt” button to add password protection to your PDF.Input the output file name, enter a password and select whether you want to allow printing and comments on the encrypted file.

You need to authorize every time you want to encrypt or decrypt a file. Click ‘Authorize’ to grant access to the selected file.To encrypt, select a PDF file or Google document in Google Drive and click the ‘PDF Toolbox’ icon in the sidebar.If you can’t see the sidebar, just click the ‘Open side panel’ button at the bottom-right corner. After installation, PDF toolbox will be added to Drive’s sidebar.Choose a Google account and hit ‘Allow’ to allow PDF toolbox to access your Google Drive files.Install the PDF Toolbox add-on and grant it the necessary permission.

To password protect a PDF in Google Drive, follow the steps below.

How to remove password from PDF in Google Drive.

How to encrypt PDF files in Google Drive.

Now let’s see how you can password-protect a PDF, Excel file, or Google Docs document in Google Drive using PDF Toolbox. NOTE: You cannot select PDF files or Google files exceeding 10MB as Google Drive imposes a limit of 10 MB file size. If you’re primarily dealing with PDFs then you shouldn’t worry about losing the native file format. The only downside is that the PDF toolbox needs to convert native Google documents such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Google Slides to PDF before encryption. Besides encryption, one can add restrictions for printing and commenting to a PDF. You can simply protect your documents from within Google Drive’s interface. Thanks to PDF Toolbox, now you won’t have to first download a file to your computer in order to encrypt or decrypt it with a dedicated program. The app also lets you decrypt or remove passwords from PDF using Google Drive. PDF Toolbox is an addon for Google Drive that allows users to add password protection to PDFs and Google documents. Thankfully, Amit Agarwal, a Google Developer Expert has created “PDF toolbox” to get over this certain limitation. Users neither have the option to password protect a Google Drive folder. Google Drive doesn’t offer native functionality to password protect files and documents including PDF files, Google Docs, and spreadsheets.

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