How do you unlock a Excel file if you forgot the password?

How do you unlock a Excel file if you forgot the password?

Re: How to unprotect the excel sheet if forgot the password

1. Open your Excel document and switch to the password-protected sheet.
2. Press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.
3. Right-click the workbook name on the left pane (Project-VBAProject pane) and select Insert > Module from the context menu.

Can you remove password protection from Excel?

On the Review tab, click Protect Sheet or Protect Workbook. Click Unprotect Sheet or Protect Workbook and enter the password. Clicking Unprotect Sheet automatically removes the password from the sheet. To remove a password from the workbook, click Protect Workbook, and then click OK without entering a new password.

How do you unlock an Excel spreadsheet without the password?

Just do any of the following:

1. Right-click the sheet tab, and select Unprotect Sheet… from the context menu.
2. On the Review tab, in the Changes group, click Unprotect Sheet.
3. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format, and select Unprotect Sheet from the drop-down menu.

How do I remove a password from an Excel 2013 file?

How to Remove Password from Excel Spreadsheet

1. Open your spreadsheet and enter the password.
2. Click File.
3. Click Protect Workbook, then Encrypt with Password.
4. Delete the password, then click OK.
5. Save the workbook.

How do I unlock a protected Excel sheet without the password?

How to Remove Password from Excel Spreadsheet (Unprotect Excel)

1. Step 1: Go to Control panel.
2. Step 2: Click on Folder Options.
3. Step 3: Open View Tab.
4. Step 4: Uncheck “Hide Extension for the known file type”
5. Step 5: Select the excel file.
6. Step 6: Change the extension of your Excel file from .
7. Step 7: Open Zip File & Extract.

How can I recover my Excel password online?

See how it works

1. Upload your file.
2. Select approach.
3. Remove password. Wait a minute. Download decrypted file.
4. Find password.