How to Remove Password from PST File in Outlook 2016/2013/2010

Have you ever come across a PST file with password protection? The password can protect the pst file, but it is troublesome that you have to enter the password every time you open it, and you can't access it without password. This post will introduce to you how to remove password from PST file in Outlook 2016/2013/2010 no matter you forgot the password or not.

Part 1: Remove password protection from PST file if you know password

If you know the PST password, it is very easy to remove password protection in Outlook and here is what to do.

Step 1: Open Outlook and click on File option on the top left corner.

Step 2: Click on Account Settings and then select Account Settings... option in the context menu.

Step 3: On Account Settings window, click on Data Files tab. Then select the PST file that you want to remove the password protection and click on Settings… option.

Step 4: On a new pop-up window, click on Change Password… button. Then type the password in the input box next to Old password and leave other input box blank and click on OK button to save the change. Finally, the password has been removed from PST file successfully.

Notes: The operations and screenshots above were based on Outlook 2016. The same goes for other versions like Outlook 2013 /2010 /2007 but some layouts may change slightly.

Part 2: Remove password protection from PST file if you forgot PST password

However, if you forgot the PST password, the method mentioned above is not available. Don't worry! Some powerful recovery tools like Office Password Recovery can help you retrieve the forgot or lost password easily and then you can refer to the method above to remove the PST password in Outlook. Here is a guide on how to remove the forgotten password from PST file in Outlook.

Recover forgotten PST password with third-party tool

Step 1: Download and install this tool on your computer. Then launch it and click Open option.

Step 2: Find out the location of a password protected PST file and click it and click Open button.

Step 3: Choose the password recovery mode and complete some settings. This tool offers four recovery types to recover the forgot Outlook (.pst) file password including Normal, Mask, Dictionary, Smart. All these recovery types are powerful and handy and you can choose any of them to recover the forgotten PST password based on your need. For example, if you remember part of the password, you can choose the Mask recovery type. On Range tab, type the certain part that you remember and replace the part you forgot with a question mark (e.g., you vaguely remember that the password has three digits and the first digit is a lowercase letter a, you can type a?? in the input box next to Mask.). See here to get more details of Office Password Recovery.

Step 4: Start recovery. After the configuration of recovery type, click on Start button to launch the process of password recovery. Wait for a while and the forgotten password of PST file will be shown on the screen.

Remove password from PST file

Once you know the PST password, you can remove the password from PST file in Outlook without obstacle. The detailed steps can be referred to Part 1.

Tips: Besides, Office Password Recovery is also an efficient tool that enables you to recover the password of other Office files such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You can download Office Password Recovery for free. Its free trial can only recover Office document password containing no more than 3 characters. If you want to recover complicated passwords, just purchase the full version.

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