How to password protect a PDF

You don't need Acrobat or any other software. Upload the PDF, set a password, and share the link — anyone opening it sees a password screen first.

1. Go to tiiny.host and log in.
2. Drag your PDF onto the upload area.
3. Choose a link name — this becomes your web address.
4. Open the Access Gate dropdown and choose Password protected.
5. Type the password you want to use.
6. Click Publish.

Share the link and the password separately, ideally by different means, so one intercepted message doesn't give away both.

Useful alongside it

• Stop people downloading or printing it — For anything you want read but not kept
• Hide from search engines — Set from the same Access settings
• Customise the password screen — Put your own branding on it

Updating the PDF later

Click Update and upload the new version. Your link, QR code and password all stay the same.

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Updated on: 04/09/2026