Password-protect a document

You can assign a password to a document so that only those who know the password can open the document.

Require a password to open a document

Passwords can consist of almost any combination of numerals, capital or lowercase letters, and special keyboard characters.

If you add a password after you share a document, be sure to notify collaborators.

Note: Adding a password to a document doesn’t encrypt the file.

Change or remove a password

Passwords apply to documents when you share them using iCloud, so your collaborators need the password to open the document. A document can have only one password. If you change the password when you share the document, that becomes the document’s only password.

When you add or change a password, the password applies only to versions created after the password was added or changed. To prevent others from restoring unprotected versions or versions with older passwords, stop sharing the document, add a password to it, then share the document again.

See also
Collaborate with others on a document
View, copy, and restore an earlier version of a document