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Protect PDFs in Windows using CLI

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Password protect PDF files from terminal in Windows

choco install qpdf

Default restrictions

qpdf --encrypt USER_PASSWORD_HERE OWNER_PASSWORD_HERE -- input.pdf input_encrypted.pdf

Custom restrictions

qpdf --encrypt USER_PASSWORD_HERE OWNER_PASSWORD_HERE -modify=none -modify-other=n -extract=n -annotate=n -print=low -- input.pdf input_encrypted.pdf