diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 56a1a2409..63dcce44b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -4915,9 +4915,12 @@ impl Session {
     }
 
     /// [`Self::write_new`] without the check, for bytes nobody writes: measuring a part's size.
+    /// Like a save, a new file never carries a typed Password-field value (#3926): Extract and
+    /// Split copy the fields of the pages they take.
     fn write_unchecked(&self, doc: &pdfcraft_cos::Document) -> Result<Arc<Vec<u8>>, EditError> {
         let opts = SaveOptions { mod_date: self.now().map(pdfcraft_cos::pdf_date), ..SaveOptions::default() };
-        write_full(doc, &opts).map(Arc::new).map_err(|e| EditError::Write(e.to_string()))
+        let doc = writable(doc)?;
+        write_full(&doc, &opts).map(Arc::new).map_err(|e| EditError::Write(e.to_string()))
     }
 
     /// Whether a changed document still needs a recovery snapshot. This does not consume it.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index c676510e8..df8039fc2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -2042,7 +2042,8 @@ fn appears_in_pdf(bytes: &Arc<Vec<u8>>, needle: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// #3926: a value typed into a text field with the Password flag stays in the open document but
-/// is written to no file: Save, a full rewrite, Reduce File Size or a recovery snapshot. ISO
+/// is written to no file: Save, a full rewrite, Reduce File Size, a recovery snapshot, or a new
+/// file made from its pages (Extract, Split, Combine). ISO
 /// 32000-2 §12.7.5.3, Table 231, note to the Password flag: PDF processors should never store
 /// the value in the PDF file.
 #[test]
@@ -2065,6 +2066,15 @@ fn password_field_values_are_kept_in_memory_but_written_to_no_file() {
     let snaps = s.autosave_snapshots();
     assert_eq!(snaps.len(), 1);
     assert!(!appears_in_pdf(&snaps[0].bytes, "hunter2"), "the recovery snapshot");
+    // New files built from its pages too (#3943 review): Extract copies the fields of the pages it
+    // takes, and Split writes each part the same way.
+    let extracted = s.extract(id, &[0]).unwrap();
+    assert!(!appears_in_pdf(&extracted, "hunter2"), "Extract Pages");
+    assert!(appears_in_pdf(&extracted, "*******"), "the extracted page keeps the masked appearance");
+    for (_, _, part) in s.split_by_size(id, 1).unwrap() {
+        assert!(!appears_in_pdf(&part, "hunter2"), "Split");
+    }
+    assert!(!appears_in_pdf(&s.combine(&[("form.pdf".into(), s.get(id).unwrap().bytes.clone())]).unwrap(), "hunter2"), "Combine");
     // Reopened, the field is empty, as in any reader.
     let mut t = Session::new();
     let reopened = t.open("saved.pdf", None, saved, None).unwrap();