Unlock Your Kobo Library: A Step-by-Step Guide for DRM-Free Reading
Unlock Your Kobo Library: A Step-by-Step Guide for DRM-Free Reading
Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo KEPUB EPUB PDF Files
Posted by Ada Wang on 10/17/2022 4:07:54 PM.
4.9 (33 comments)
After purchasing eBooks on Kobo books store, you may want to share them with your wife, friends, or read them on your other devices. But you can’t share them because the purchased books are protected by DRM.
Following this guide, you can own the books you purchased and share them with your famlies and read them on any eReader, even print the pages out.
Quick Accesses:
- Universal method: Remove Kobo DRM from Adobe Digital Editions -- If you use ADE to help manage files.
- Easy method: Remove Kobo DRM from Kobo desktop app -- If you just have a Windows or Mac computer.
- Simplest method : Remove DRM from Kobo eReader device -- If you have a Kobo Glo or Kobo Aura.
As default, you have two ways to download Kobo books to your computer : Sync to computer via Kobo desktop software, or download ACSM file from Kobo website, then use Adobe Digital Editions to convert ACSM to EPUB.
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Method 1: Remove DRM from Kobo eBooks via ADE
1. Download .acsm files from Kobo website
Visit your Kobo library , where you can see all the purchased books. On the right side of the cover, there are “Download EPUB” and “ADOBE DRM EPUB” buttons. “Download EPUB” button indicates this book is DRM-Free, while “Adobe DRM EPUB” indicates the book is encrypted.
Clicking “ADOBE DRM EPUB” button you can download an .acsm file, which is the link to get a complete EPUB book.
2. Install ADE and convert acsm to EPUB
Install Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) , and authorize your it with your adobe ID.
Drag the .acsm file into ADE, and you will see this read kobo ebooks are downloading.
After the book is fulfilled, the EPUB file will be saved in “Documents/My Digital Editions”, and you can remove DRM from this EPUB file.
3. Install Epubor Ultimate
The software automatically scans your Adobe Digital Edition’s content folder and imports all the books if you want. And all the imported books will be immediately decrypted. You can also manually drag the EPUB file into Adobe DRM Removal’s main interface.
When the process has been finished, you can right click on an item and choose “Explore output folder”, where saves the DRM-free books.
Before decryption, please make sure you can read them in Adobe Digital Editions , which is very important for your successful decryption.
This is a common-used method during a long time, yes? But the good news is that there are 2 easier methods provided for you, which saves your time to find your acsm files or kepub files, and even better, you don’t have to use ADE and authorize with Adobe ID. You know, we are always meeting different kinds of problems when using ADE to dowloading ebooks.
Method 2: Remove DRM from Kobo Desktop Win/Mac
1. Download Kobo desktop application and sync books.
Download and install Kobo for PC/Mac here: https://www.kobo.com/desktop
(Please note that Kobo desktop support has ended for Windows XP.)
Follow those steps to finish your installing of this app on your computer. Then you should log in with your own Kobo account. The “My Books” will show up all of your purchased Kobo files. You can also choose “BookStore” to buy some books and then click “Sync”.
Where does the Kobo desktop store my books (KEPUB format)? How to find them?
For Windows: C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Local\Kobo\Kobo Desktop Edition\kepub
For Mac: …/Library/Application Support/Kobo/Kobo Desktop Edition/kepub
2. Install Epubor Ultimate to remove Kobo DRM.
Run Epubor Ultimate, click on “Kobo” tab at the left column. All your download books will be there. Drag books to the right then all Kobo drm will be removed smoothly.
Epubor Ultimate helps you remove drm from Kobo KEPUB books and with high quality. If you want to deal with these Kobo Kepub books deeply, you can read this article how to convert Kobo Kepub to epub .
Method 3: Remove DRM from Kobo eReader
This method is pretty easy to go. Just make sure that you had a Kobo eReader and your Kobo books has been finished downloading to your device.
1. Connect Kobo to computer.
Connect via USB, then Kobo says “Computer detected”, click “Connect”.
2. Run Epubor Ultimate to remove DRM.
Launch this powerful tool. It will detect your device and load all the downloaded books to it.
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Note: Please note the step 1 is key step. Don’t forget to touch your Kobo after connected to computer, or this tool won’t detect your Kobo and kobo books.
Drag them to the left area. DRM removing will soon start and finish.
Just click on “Decrypted” to get your free files from the output folder.
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Frequently Asked Questions after Kobo drm removed
Q: How to convert and transfer Kobo eBooks to Kindle
A: The most simple and eff\icient way is to use our most powerful product Epubor Ultimate Converter , which can convert the DRM protected Kobo eBooks to Kindle format. This detail guide how to read Kobo on Kindle can also be a refer.
Q: Can I borrow/lend Kobo eBooks to share with my friends?
A: Unlike Kindle and Nook, so far at least, Kobo has no intention to implement the “Borrowing / Lending” features.
If you want to share your Kobo eBooks with your friends, you can only remove the DRM then send the copy to him/her. This is the only way in which you can do it. For how to remove the DRM from Kobo eBooks please scroll up and read that part carefully.
Q: Can I remove kobo drm free?
Yes, there is free way to remove kobo drm but the process is a little bit complicated. If you are looking for the free way, follow this guide: Calibre Kobo DRM Removal Plugin: Obok_plugin .
Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.
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33 Comments
Katherine
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
01/15/2012 01:33:42
After multiple attempts and while logged in as an Administrator, with a password, I’m still unable to install Adobe Digital Editions. Any suggestions? It seems that all the removal tools are dependent on ADE. Are there other DRM that affect ePub books for Kobo?
Epubor
01/15/2012 09:43:00
Kobo books is only support Adobe DRM, you must read books on ADE, then use Kobo DRM Removal to decrypt ebook.
epubor angel
07/26/2015 23:23:35
Hi again,
Now epubor team has updated our products to support directly remove drm from Kobo books (synced via Kobo desktop or downloaded on Kobo e-ink eReaders).
This article has also been updated to the newest solution, don’t forget to read this again.
kelly
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
01/28/2012 20:13:38
I have Adobe Digital Editions and can save books on my Kobo Touch no problem, as well, I can drop books onto my grandmother’s Kobo, so this is great. My problem is that Adobe Digital Editions does not recognize the Kobo Vox (it doesn’t show up as an option on the left hand side to ADE). So I d/l Caliber and copied all of my ebooks over. Caliber recognized the Vox no problem, but when I sent the books to the ereader, there was a problem with the import and none of the books will open. It says that they are DRM protected. Please help…
Donna
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
02/23/2012 11:57:08
I have purchased 12 books from the Kobo store, for my Kobo Vox and I can’t transfer them from my PC to the Kobo Vox reader. ADE does not recognize Kobo Vox. There is no icon to drop these books into.
When I purchase a title from my Kobo Vox it is saved with no problem. I will continue to purchase items this way but I really want the titles that I have already paid for and can’t access.
sandy
02/24/2012 22:07:15
kobo vox now can’t recognize Adobe digital editions,you can transfer your books by saving the output file to a microSD card,then pop the card into the e-reader,or try Calibre.but DRMed books doesn’t support transfering,remove drm first
Steve
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
08/27/2012 14:21:20
Kobo says that Kobo Vox books are not compatible with ADE, thereby rendering all my formerly filed ebooks in my ADE library useless. BEWARE!!!
AdaWang
08/27/2012 17:59:44
Don’t worry about it. As Kobo official site says, ADE supports all Kobo books. So your books might not be the ADE-supported version.
Just take the following steps.
1. Sign in at Kobo’s official site.
2. Click “MY LIBRARY” on the top navigation bar and you will find all your purchased Kobo books.
3.Click “ADOBE DRM EPUB” on the right side of your book and an ACSM file will be downloaded to your computer.
4. Drag the ACSM file to ADE. The EPUB book will be downloaded to your computer during this process, and make sure you can read it on ADE.
http://www.epubor.com/how-to-read-sonykobo-ebooks-on-ade.html
NANCY DeCosta
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
04/25/2015 19:43:57
All the books I have paid for are gone and some I have not finished reading this really upsets me. I believe some owes me some money or my books back on my tablet. I do not care about sharing but I do read some books over again and the Cassandra Claire series City of Glass etc.I love them and Magnus Bane Chronicles I purchased it and have not read it even though I have most of his adventures but they are gone too. YeS I AM MAD! ANGERY YOU NAME I AM IT!
epubor angel
07/26/2015 23:32:40
Hi, the same issue we are always meeting, so we epubor suggest you remove drm from your purchased files after finished buying. We don’t know when they will gone away!
My own, I will remove drm soon though I just read Kobo books on Kobo.
User
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
12/15/2015 10:23:53
How to print a whole book from kobo?
Epubor
12/15/2015 19:52:33
Hi,
To print Kobo books, you need to make sure they are DRM free. If they are in EPUB format, you’d better convert them to PDF and then print them out.
rachel
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
07/31/2016 02:26:36
It worked, great ! Thanks a lot
Gwyneth Llewelyn
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
01/25/2018 04:37:58
It’s 2018, and this worked like a charm for me! Thank you very much, now I can read my (bought!) ebooks on other devices beyond the old Kobos I’ve got…
Epubor
02/1/2018 09:10:56
We are glad to know it help!
Sara
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
03/19/2018 15:03:41
If you plan on charging people for the softare at least be upfront about it! I don’t mind paying for services, but I do mind not knowing from the start that something will cost me. This just pisses me of!
Alicia
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
05/4/2019 07:32:59
I followed your directions for where to find the KOBO books stored on my apple computer, but there is no file “Kobo” in my “application support” folder. I’ve also done a search for “kepub” and “kobo” to find if it’s somewhere else on my computer and nothing is coming up… Has Kobo changed how it stores books? My Kobo reader also does not look like your photo above. There is no “my library” it is only “my books.” I am able to access my book offline, so I feel like it must be on my computer somewhere, but I cannot find where.
Henry
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
05/31/2019 07:03:56
Software DOES NOT WORK for Kobo or Nook
Epubor
05/31/2019 09:37:48
Thank you for using Epubor software. Epubor software can works perfectly with Kobo DRM. For Nook DRM, it has been changed its DRM scheme so Epubor software does not support it anymore.
BlackVoid
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
01/17/2020 22:26:48
It does not work at all. The file remains encrypted and unusable.
I have tried 3 methods for dedrm and none of them works.
Mario Leguizamo Ecuador
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
05/6/2020 02:58:10
Just great
Epubor
05/6/2020 05:46:33
Thank you for your comments. Glad to know you like it.
Weasalopes
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
02/19/2021 19:12:42
I found that epubor wouldn’t “see” the files in the kepub directory, due to their not having a file type extension, but that if I dragged them into epubor from an external search window epubor then processed them just fine; a rather brute force approach, but it worked.
In other words, while epubor didn’t recognize them as being applicable to its search function as they didn’t have a recognized file type extension, once it actually opened them up it could properly identify the internal structure of the files and process them.
Epubor
02/22/2021 09:04:31
Thank you for using our software. How did you download your kepub file? If you download them via kobo for pc/mac app, then you can see them under “kobo” tab at the left column of Epubor Ultimate. Please try to drag them from left to right, and the KOBO books will be decrypted.
Weasalopes
02/24/2021 07:52:05
Interesting.
I’m not sure what made the difference this time, because now the Kobo materials do show up within the Kobo tab.
Last time the “I’m doing stuff” swirly thing kept going forever and a day with no end, this time it was done in less than a minute.
Possibly had something to do with the update that installed when I ran ePubor today?
This is good, since now I can see the names of the books, rather than the unintelligible character string Kobo uses as unique identifiers when viewing the directory in File Explorer. With 466 eBooks currently in that directory, this really makes a difference!
Epubor
02/24/2021 09:22:47
Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to know that your problem has been fixed. Any more problem, please feel free to contact us via support@epubor.com .
Have a nice day~
CB
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
12/17/2021 10:49:43
Hi,
When I drag most kepub files into the DRM removal window it shows that the file has been decrypted, but when opening the epub file in ADE it shows only the content headings to the left. It does open in calibre, but the file is just scrambled characters. About 1 in 20 files does actually decrypt and is readable. Could you please advise. I’m running the latest version of Kobo Desktop and the latest version of epubor.
Thanks
Epubor
12/21/2021 11:38:28
Are you using the trial version of Epubor software? Please note the trial version only converts 20% content of each book. Pleas upgrade your software to licensed version to enjoy the full features.
max
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
02/26/2023 01:45:55
I bought a kobo ebook but epubor tells me it can’t remove drm from kobo plus. The ebook was purchased and was not included in the subscription service. Epubor is failing everything, both kindle and kobo. Fix the problem. Thank you
epubor
02/28/2023 17:00:15
Kobo plus is subscription service. If you have purchased the kobo books, then it should be cracked. please try to download it with kobo desktop and remove drm again. If you are still failed, please contact us via support@epubor.com to get further assistance.
A Plas
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
03/22/2023 04:59:57
Will it also possible to remove DRM from kobo rentals?
Wendling Marie-France
Re:Kobo DRM Removal, Remove DRM from Kobo ePUB PDF files
04/4/2023 23:25:49
Je demande l’annulation de l’abonnement à kobo+ qui sera prélevé sur mon compte courant le 15.04;2023. merci
Epubor
04/10/2023 15:05:35
Thank you for contacting us. For the refund issue, please contact us via support@epubor.com . Please send the us your email address or order No. so we can help you check this issue.
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- Title: Unlock Your Kobo Library: A Step-by-Step Guide for DRM-Free Reading
- Author: Frank
- Created at : 2024-08-20 12:27:41
- Updated at : 2024-08-21 12:27:41
- Link: https://tech-revival.techidaily.com/unlock-your-kobo-library-a-step-by-step-guide-for-drm-free-reading/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.