Removing policies from documents

You can remove a policy from a policy-protected document to remove security from the document. To update a policy-protected document with a newer policy, it is more efficient to switch the policy than to remove it and add the updated policy.

Methods for removing policies

Use Acrobat® Pro to remove policies from PDF documents. (See Acrobat Help.)
Use Rights Management Extension for Microsoft Office to remove policies from Microsoft Office documents. (See Rights Management Extension Help for Microsoft 2003 or Rights Management Extension Help for Microsoft 2007.)
Use Workbench. (See Workbench Help.)
Use the Rights Management Service API. (See Programming with LiveCycle.)