diff --git a/src-ui/messages.xlf b/src-ui/messages.xlf
index e66ad654b..726625ff6 100644
--- a/src-ui/messages.xlf
+++ b/src-ui/messages.xlf
@@ -5359,6 +5359,27 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">429</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="32686762098259088" datatype="html">
+        <source> One password per line. The workflow will try them in order until one succeeds. </source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">436,438</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="3853121441237751087" datatype="html">
+        <source>Passwords</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">441</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="3653669613103848563" datatype="html">
+        <source>Passwords are stored in plain text. Use with caution.</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">445</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4626030417479279989" datatype="html">
         <source>Consume Folder</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
@@ -5454,109 +5475,116 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">140</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="4824906895380506720" datatype="html">
+        <source>Password removal</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">144</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4522609911791833187" datatype="html">
         <source>Has any of these tags</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">209</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">213</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4166903555074156852" datatype="html">
         <source>Has all of these tags</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">216</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">220</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6624363795312783141" datatype="html">
         <source>Does not have these tags</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">223</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">227</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="7168528512669831184" datatype="html">
         <source>Has any of these correspondents</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">230</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">234</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5281365940563983618" datatype="html">
         <source>Has correspondent</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">238</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">242</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6884498632428600393" datatype="html">
         <source>Does not have correspondents</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">246</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">250</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4806713133917046341" datatype="html">
         <source>Has document type</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">254</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">258</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="8801397520369995032" datatype="html">
         <source>Has any of these document types</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">262</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">266</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1507843981661822403" datatype="html">
         <source>Does not have document types</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">270</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">274</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4277260190522078330" datatype="html">
         <source>Has storage path</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">278</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">282</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="8858580062214623097" datatype="html">
         <source>Has any of these storage paths</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">286</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">290</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6070943364927280151" datatype="html">
         <source>Does not have storage paths</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">294</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">298</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6250799006816371860" datatype="html">
         <source>Matches custom field query</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">302</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">306</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3138206142174978019" datatype="html">
         <source>Create new workflow</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">531</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">535</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5996779210524133604" datatype="html">
         <source>Edit workflow</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog/workflow-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">535</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">539</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5457837313196342910" datatype="html">
diff --git a/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 39678bdee..eca080cc6 100644
--- a/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: paperless-ngx\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-01-31 17:12+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-02-03 17:32+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2022-02-17 04:17\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Automatic"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:66 documents/models.py:444 documents/models.py:1646
+#: documents/models.py:66 documents/models.py:444 documents/models.py:1659
 #: paperless_mail/models.py:23 paperless_mail/models.py:143
 msgid "name"
 msgstr ""
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ msgid "The position of this document in your physical document archive."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: documents/models.py:313 documents/models.py:688 documents/models.py:742
-#: documents/models.py:1689
+#: documents/models.py:1702
 msgid "document"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -1089,183 +1089,197 @@ msgid "Webhook"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: documents/models.py:1410
+msgid "Password removal"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: documents/models.py:1414
 msgid "Workflow Action Type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1415 documents/models.py:1648
+#: documents/models.py:1419 documents/models.py:1661
 #: paperless_mail/models.py:145
 msgid "order"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1418
+#: documents/models.py:1422
 msgid "assign title"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1422
+#: documents/models.py:1426
 msgid "Assign a document title, must  be a Jinja2 template, see documentation."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1430 paperless_mail/models.py:274
+#: documents/models.py:1434 paperless_mail/models.py:274
 msgid "assign this tag"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1439 paperless_mail/models.py:282
+#: documents/models.py:1443 paperless_mail/models.py:282
 msgid "assign this document type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1448 paperless_mail/models.py:296
+#: documents/models.py:1452 paperless_mail/models.py:296
 msgid "assign this correspondent"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1457
+#: documents/models.py:1461
 msgid "assign this storage path"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1466
+#: documents/models.py:1470
 msgid "assign this owner"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1473
+#: documents/models.py:1477
 msgid "grant view permissions to these users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1480
+#: documents/models.py:1484
 msgid "grant view permissions to these groups"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1487
+#: documents/models.py:1491
 msgid "grant change permissions to these users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1494
+#: documents/models.py:1498
 msgid "grant change permissions to these groups"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1501
+#: documents/models.py:1505
 msgid "assign these custom fields"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1505
+#: documents/models.py:1509
 msgid "custom field values"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1509
+#: documents/models.py:1513
 msgid "Optional values to assign to the custom fields."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1518
+#: documents/models.py:1522
 msgid "remove these tag(s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1523
+#: documents/models.py:1527
 msgid "remove all tags"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1530
+#: documents/models.py:1534
 msgid "remove these document type(s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1535
+#: documents/models.py:1539
 msgid "remove all document types"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1542
+#: documents/models.py:1546
 msgid "remove these correspondent(s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1547
+#: documents/models.py:1551
 msgid "remove all correspondents"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1554
+#: documents/models.py:1558
 msgid "remove these storage path(s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1559
+#: documents/models.py:1563
 msgid "remove all storage paths"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1566
+#: documents/models.py:1570
 msgid "remove these owner(s)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1571
+#: documents/models.py:1575
 msgid "remove all owners"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1578
+#: documents/models.py:1582
 msgid "remove view permissions for these users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1585
+#: documents/models.py:1589
 msgid "remove view permissions for these groups"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1592
+#: documents/models.py:1596
 msgid "remove change permissions for these users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1599
+#: documents/models.py:1603
 msgid "remove change permissions for these groups"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1604
+#: documents/models.py:1608
 msgid "remove all permissions"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1611
+#: documents/models.py:1615
 msgid "remove these custom fields"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1616
+#: documents/models.py:1620
 msgid "remove all custom fields"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1625
+#: documents/models.py:1629
 msgid "email"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1634
+#: documents/models.py:1638
 msgid "webhook"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1638
+#: documents/models.py:1642
+msgid "passwords"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: documents/models.py:1646
+msgid ""
+"Passwords to try when removing PDF protection. Separate with commas or new "
+"lines."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: documents/models.py:1651
 msgid "workflow action"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1639
+#: documents/models.py:1652
 msgid "workflow actions"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1654
+#: documents/models.py:1667
 msgid "triggers"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1661
+#: documents/models.py:1674
 msgid "actions"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1664 paperless_mail/models.py:154
+#: documents/models.py:1677 paperless_mail/models.py:154
 msgid "enabled"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1675
+#: documents/models.py:1688
 msgid "workflow"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1679
+#: documents/models.py:1692
 msgid "workflow trigger type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1693
+#: documents/models.py:1706
 msgid "date run"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1699
+#: documents/models.py:1712
 msgid "workflow run"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/models.py:1700
+#: documents/models.py:1713
 msgid "workflow runs"
 msgstr ""