Manage access to the shared file

Last updated on Aug 16, 2025

Learn how to manage access requests for your shared PDFs in Acrobat on desktop.

As the owner of a shared PDF file, you will receive both an email and an in-app notification in Acrobat when someone requests access to the file.

Select the email or the Acrobat notification.

Acrobat in-app notification alerting the file owner about an access request, with a "Manage Access" button to take action.
You can manage access to the shared file from the Email or In-app notification.

Select Manage Access in the email received or the app notification.

Select Accept or Decline to respond to the access request.