You won’t see the plugin shows up in the main interface, but when you load in DRM protected eBooks, the plugin starts working automatically. If everything goes well, you will see the plugin displayed in the installed plugins list. All the plugins out of official list will activate the risk notification dialog. Never mind, it’s totally safe to install this plugin. The program will notify you there is a security risk. Look at the top navigation bar in Calibre, find “Preferences”, click it, then choose “Plugins”.Ĭlick “Load plugin from file”, then choose the zip file you downloaded from the dropbox link above. I’ve uploaded the latest version plugin into Mediafire, you can download here: Download DeDRM Plugin Install the DRM Removal Plugin on Calibre Install Calibreĭownload Calibre here for free here: , Calibre covers all the desktop operating system.Īs this plugin is for removing DRM, we cannot find it in Calibre’s official plugins list. I am going to compile a step-by-step guide in this post, everyone can easily use Calibre DeDRM plugin by reading the following parts. You also do not remove DRM from eBooks for piracy purpose. Therefore, I’m not advocating for piracy here when I say we need to remove DRM. Yes, you are still having the file on your computer, but if there is no such a book on the server, you won’t be able to pass the DRM validation and fail to open this book for reading. Or the books are sort of “rented” from those online retailers as they can easily wipe them from their cloud servers and then you are no longer own the book. Besides the DRM Removal plugins, you have to run the scripts (which requires coding skills) or pay for some shareware.īy removing DRM, you truly own the eBook you bought. Basically, it’s a library manager and file converter, with hundreds of plugins it becomes even more powerful and omnipotent.Īmong all the plugins, the Alf’s DRM Removal plugins are very important and useful, as it’s the only free and easy way to remove DRM. Calibre DRM Removal Plugins – Download and How to UseĮvery hardcore eBooks fans must know the software Calibre.

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