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Convert a password protected pdf to normal PDF without any online tool and sharing your password with 3rd party.
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Install qpdf

brew install qpdf

Run following with your file password and file location

qpdf --decrypt --password="password" dummy_locked_file.pdf dummy_unlocked_file.pdf

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