
However, most of them require administrator rights from the system. We can choose among many encryption tools to password protect our USB drive.

Password protect your USB stick-Partition encryption

Moreover, it is portable, which means that we do not have to install it to run it. The free and light PDFTK Builder is a pretty good alternative. Most free PDF readers offer this choice only on their paid editions. We will be asked to verify our password, and once we do, our file will be protected.įor us to password protect PDF files, we first need to use software capable of exporting into PDF. We enter our password in the window that will appear, and click 'OK.'

'Info,' and then to 'Protect Workbook.'įrom the collapsible list, we select 'Encrypt with Password.'
