What if We Forgot Excel Password?

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What if We Forgot Excel Password?

31 May 2021 Jennifer Thatcher Technology Manager of Test Dept.

Summary
To ensure the data security in Excel, many users prefer to password protect the important Excel file. However, what if we forgot the password we set for the Excel file? Following will provide some solutions to help you solve this problem.

Content

Part 1: Unlock with Zip (2017/2010 or Earlier Edition)

Part 2: Unlock with Office Password Remover (2010 or Earlier Edition)

Part 3: Unlock with Excel Password Cracker (For 2003/3007/2010 Edition)

Part 4: Unlock with SmartKey Office Password Recovery (All Editions)

Tips for Setting Excel Password

Microsoft Excel, the popular and powerful program for data analysis and documentation, provides excellent data analysis functions, clear interface and charts. We can use Excel to manage different data information. Some of these information are sensitive, which needs password protection.

If we forgot the password of Excel, we cam not access or edit the data inside. How to solve the forgotten Excel password? Here will introduce some methods.

Part 1: Unlock with Zip (2017/2010 or Earlier Edition)

This method is suitable for Microsoft Excel 2017/2010 or earlier edition.

1. Please make a copy of the Excel file which you forgot the password.

2. Right-click target Excel file and rename the extension from .xlsx to .zip.

3. Then please uncompress the Zip file and find a file with the extension of .xml. Open this file with Notepad.

4. Press [Ctrl + F] enter [SheetProtection]. Find the line with content [sheetProtection] and delete it. (If there are many files with the extension of .xml, please make this operation one by one.)

5. Save the file and then return the extension of the target file to .xlsx. You will not be required to enter the password.

Part 2: Unlock with Office Password Remover (2010 or Earlier Edition)

Office Password Remover, a free password cracker, can help user unlock the password protected Excel file. If you forgot the password of your Excel file, you can draw support from this software. However, this software only works for Excel 2010 or earlier edition and Excel files with extension of .xls.

Steps: Download and install the software and click [Open] and select the target Excel file to the software. Then please click [Remove Password] to delete the password.

Part 3: Unlock with Excel Password Cracker (For 2003/3007/2010 Edition)

With Excel Password Cracker, users can crack the password of Excel 2003/2007/2010 when they forget the password. Besides, it can also brute-force crack the Excel password.

Steps: Go to Excel Password Cracker. Click [Open] to select the target Excel file and the desired crack method. Then follow the instruction to remove the password.

Part 4: Unlock with SmartKey Office Password Recovery (All Editions)

Office Password Recovery from SmartKey is a shareware to crack password. With its clear interface, user can make the password remove process easily. It is compatible with Excel in all editions. However, free version can only help user crack password with 4 digits. For longer password, full version are required.

Steps: Download and install the software. Click [Add] to add the target Excel file. Then click [Start] to process. The time will depend on the length and the complicity of the password.

Tips

After going through the above parts, we can know that password created with Excel’s built-in function is easily to be cracked. As a result, the data inside the Excel is not safe. It is recommended to encrypt the Excel file with professional encryption software Renee SecureSilo

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Tips for Setting Excel Password

Forgetting password is very common. When we set the password, we need to make a safe and easy to memorize password. Here are some tips:

1. The length of the password

Although longer password seems to be safer, it is too complicated for us to memorize. So, certain digits like 6 to 8 is enough.

2. Complicity of the password

The password combination could not be too easy to be guess or too complicated to memorize. Password combination includes numbers, upper case, lower case or symbols is OK.

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