Prevent PDF Forwarding

Published: January 15, 2025 | Updated: January 15, 2026

Stop unauthorized PDF forwarding with dynamic watermarks and access control. Learn more about PDF sharing security and dynamic watermark tracking.

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Published: January 15, 2025 | Updated: December 03, 2025

MaiPDF helps you ensure your shared PDFs remain secure and protected from unauthorized forwarding

Why Prevent PDF Forwarding?

PDFs are commonly used for sharing important documents, but once shared, recipients might forward them to others, potentially compromising sensitive information. MaiPDF provides multiple methods to prevent unauthorized PDF forwarding and protect your content.

How MaiPDF Prevents PDF Forwarding

MaiPDF offers several powerful features to prevent PDF forwarding and unauthorized sharing:

View Count Limits

With MaiPDF, you can set view count limits for your PDF share links. This ensures that files become inaccessible after being viewed a specific number of times, preventing unlimited access. Learn more about limiting PDF open times.

Limited Access Count

Set specific view count limits for your PDFs. Once the limit is reached, any attempts to access the file will be denied, effectively preventing unlimited sharing or forwarding to others.

View limit settings

Password Protection

In addition to view count limits, MaiPDF allows you to add password protection to your files. Only recipients with the correct password can access the content, adding an extra layer of security. Discover more about PDF access control.

Dynamic Watermark

To track document distribution, MaiPDF adds dynamic watermarks to your PDFs. Each time the file is viewed, the watermark embeds viewer information like IP address and browser details, helping trace the source of any unauthorized sharing. Explore the dynamic watermark feature in detail.

Dynamic watermark example

Prevent Download and Forwarding

To ensure files can't be downloaded or forwarded, MaiPDF can restrict these functions. Files can only be viewed online, preventing the creation of local copies. Learn more about preventing downloads.

Summary

MaiPDF provides a comprehensive solution for secure PDF sharing. Whether through view count limits, password protection, dynamic watermarks, or download restrictions, our platform offers multiple layers of security to protect your sensitive content and maintain document confidentiality.

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