# Stop printing or copying

Let people read a PDF but not print, copy or change it. Stop a PDF being printed, copied or changed. Free to use. No sign-up. Your files never leave your device.

Use it here: https://pannapdf.app/limit-pdf/

Restrict a PDF for free. Let people read the file but stop them printing it, copying the text or making changes, with a password to lift the restrictions later.

Also known as: PDF permissions, restrict PDF editing, stop PDF printing, disable copy in PDF, protect PDF from copying.

## How it works

1. Choose the PDF.
2. Tick what to stop: printing, copying, changes.
3. Type a password for undoing this later, then press "Set these limits" and save.

## Questions people ask

### How strong are these limits?

Most PDF programs respect them, but a determined person can get around them. To keep a file truly private, lock it with a password instead.

## About Panna

Every tool runs inside the visitor's own browser. Files are never uploaded; they do not leave the phone or computer. There is no sign-up and no charge, and the site adds no watermark of its own to the files. The site can be shown in 19 languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili, Nepali, Sindhi, Konkani, Dogri, Sanskrit.

All tools: https://pannapdf.app/sitemap.md