how do I prevent a pdf from being downloadable?

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  sandratavares · Member · Feb 27, 2021 at 4:33 pm

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  I have uploaded pdfs on my site, but I don’t want visitors to be able to download them. Is there a way to prevent the download capability?

  Thank you!

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  staartmees · Member · Feb 27, 2021 at 5:53 pm

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  You really can’t. You can try to make it more difficult but there is no 100% fullproof protection. Never forget the golden rule:” Everything you put on the internet can and will be downloaded, copied, … one way or another.”

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  sandratavares · Member · Feb 27, 2021 at 6:53 pm

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  Thanks for the reply. Hmmm, any suggestions on how to at least make it more difficult? I’m using a free template and I don’t see any obvious options for limitations like this.

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  staartmees · Member · Feb 27, 2021 at 6:55 pm

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  https://wordpress.com/support/prevent-content-theft/

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  sandratavares · Member · Feb 27, 2021 at 7:49 pm

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  Thank you for the link! Useful information.

  When you view the pdfs from my site, the browser has a download link in the corner. I guess there’s no way to make that button disabled/not appear for people?

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  staartmees · Member · Feb 28, 2021 at 2:02 pm

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  You can’t remove it, that’s a feature of your browser.

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  sandratavares · Member · Mar 1, 2021 at 7:54 pm

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  Thank you