Does Change PDF Permissions upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Change PDF Permissions runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Pages are rasterized, then RC4-40 encrypted. Toggle print/copy/modify. Not a full PDF permission model. Encrypted inputs may fail. ASCII password only.

Should I use Protect PDF instead of Change PDF Permissions?

Use Change PDF Permissions when you need Set a password and print/copy/modify flags. Use Protect PDF when you need Lock a PDF with a password in your browser. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Change PDF Permissions?

Pages are rasterized, then RC4-40 encrypted. Toggle print/copy/modify. Not a full PDF permission model. Encrypted inputs may fail. ASCII password only. Also: Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.

Change PDF Permissions

Set a password and print/copy/modify flags.

Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.

What Change PDF Permissions does

Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.

Change PDF Permissions sits in the PDF group on purpose. It is not Protect PDF (Lock a PDF with a password in your browser.) and not Unlock PDF (Remove a password you already know.). Choose this page when you need Set a password and print/copy/modify flags. If you stretch Change PDF Permissions into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Change PDF Permissions

Stay on this Change PDF Permissions page (/pdf-change-permissions). Do not switch to Protect PDF unless you actually want Lock a PDF with a password in your browser..
Add the file type Change PDF Permissions accepts. Hint from the path: pdf change permissions. Set a password and print/copy/modify flags.
Set only the options that match Change PDF Permissions. Neighbor Unlock PDF does something else (Remove a password you already know.). Tool note: Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.
Run Change PDF Permissions in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Pages are rasterized, then RC4-40 encrypted. Toggle print/copy/modify. Not a full PDF permission model. Encrypted inputs may fail. ASCII password only.
Download or copy the result from Change PDF Permissions. If it is the wrong job, open Protect PDF instead.

When not to use Change PDF Permissions

Skip Change PDF Permissions when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Protect PDF or Unlock PDF — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.

Questions about Change PDF Permissions

What does Change PDF Permissions do that other PDF pages on this site do not?: Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions. Short version: Set a password and print/copy/modify flags.
Does Change PDF Permissions upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Change PDF Permissions runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Pages are rasterized, then RC4-40 encrypted. Toggle print/copy/modify. Not a full PDF permission model. Encrypted inputs may fail. ASCII password only.
Should I use Protect PDF instead of Change PDF Permissions?: Use Change PDF Permissions when you need Set a password and print/copy/modify flags. Use Protect PDF when you need Lock a PDF with a password in your browser. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Change PDF Permissions?: Pages are rasterized, then RC4-40 encrypted. Toggle print/copy/modify. Not a full PDF permission model. Encrypted inputs may fail. ASCII password only. Also: Encrypt a PDF in the browser and set print, copy, and modify flags. Pages are rasterized first. RC4-40, not AES or desktop-grade permissions.