PDF Permission Auditor
Inspect security settings, user permissions, password policies, key sizes, and modification rules of any PDF offline.
Drag & drop PDF to audit
or click to choose files from your device (.pdf)
How Permission Auditor Works
Scan and check standard restriction parameters inside your PDF in 3 simple steps.
Upload PDF
Drag and drop your PDF document into the local sandbox workspace.
Scan Security Catalog
The auditor decodes internal encryption and user access control flags.
Review Compliance
Check access status for copy, print, forms, edits, and accessibility.
Why use our Permission Auditor?
When auditing PDF file configurations, verifying permission bits is vital for document security. To adjust these access parameters, try our Protect PDF tool to apply credentials, decrypt locked files with the Unlock PDF utility, check password complexity using the PDF Password Strength checker, or apply secure signatures with our Sign PDF utility.
Audit Encryption Specifications
Analyze handler parameters, revision flags, and cryptographic key lengths (e.g. 128-bit or 256-bit).
Action Rights Mapping
Easily inspect print high-res, modify elements, copy texts, fill form fields, page assembly, and screen reader access flags.
Save Compliance Reports Locally
Evaluate everything in-browser and export standardized JSON metadata summaries with zero uploads.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common queries regarding local PDF user restrictions scanning.
Q.What does a PDF permission auditor actually check?
A PDF permission auditor inspects standard user restrictions, encryption handlers, revision codes, security parameters, and active copy, edit, or print bitmask flags inside the document dictionary offline.
Q.How do I check if my PDF allows printing or content copying?
Simply drag and drop your document into the auditor workspace. The scanner decodes the internal /P permission integer bitmask in seconds to verify print, copy, and edit rights.
Q.Does auditing a PDF file reveal its passwords?
No. The auditor does not decrypt or crack user passwords. It parses the document security catalog to check if credentials are set, without exposing or revealing the password strings.
Q.Can I audit multiple PDF files simultaneously offline?
This tool is designed to perform a highly detailed security and restriction analysis for one PDF document at a time, ensuring complete data privacy by processing everything locally in your browser.