How to unprotect Excel workbook without password

Mostly, users will protect worksheet and workbook of their Excel file with password or by setting the file as read-only file to restrain others from editing access.

Thus, this article is going to introduce how to unprotect the Excel file instantly with some powerful tools to deal with two different cases below.

Case 1: Can't edit a protected Excel workbook without the password

To prevent the Excel file from being changed inadvertently or deliberately, user can protect the Excel workbook and worksheet or set the Excel file in read-only mode.

If you forget the password to get you access to make some changes to the file, try Workbook Unprotection Genius.

With Workbook Unprotection Genius, you can break all the protection down with nearly one click.

Just open the Excel file need to unprotect, and click "Remove Password". All the protection of the file will break down instantly and completely.

As the program finishes its work, there appears an unprotected file exactly the same as the original file in the source folder and you're free to make any change to this unprotected one.

Case 2: Can't open a protected Excel file without the password

When struggling with opening an Excel file requiring password, try Office Password Recovery.

Choose a recovery type from the drop-list of Recovery Type.

Normal Password Recovey Type

Normal password recovery type is the most commonly-used type.

It'll help program accelerate to unencrypting process to offer information about Range and Length as much as possible.

Assuming that the password got forgotten is "000222", user may remember the password starts from "0" and ends at "2" and there is no any letter or symbol inside, set the Range part like this:

If you even remember some characters of this password, input them in User-defined box, like this:

Set the Length part like this:

Office Password Genius will unprotect this file in one sec and pups up a window showing the password.

Mask Password Recovery Type

Mask Password Recovery Type, in fact, is based on the Normal Password Recovery Type. Most options in Mask are the same as Normal except for Mask parameter.

If you remember how many characters the password has and some specific characters in a certain order, please input them in the Mask option.

For example, the password you forgot is "000222". If you can remember a "00" in the former two position and a "22" in the latter and there are just 6 characters in the password, you can set the Range like this:

The unencrypting process just took 2 seconds.

Smart Password Recovery Type

If you seriously can't bring up any memory about this password, try the Smart Password Recovery Type.

Since you can't offer any information about the password, it will take a long while for the program to unencrypt the protected file.

Dictionary Password Recovery Type

If you choose the Dictionary Password Recovery Type, the password recovery will go along with a dictionary file. It'll check the dictionary file to see if there's your password.

The dictionary password could be provided by the password recovery program or defined by yourself.

If you spend a little time recording your ever-used or commonly-used passwords to the program, you'll find the password recovery progress more effective.

If you're stuck in forgetting password to edit Excel workbook, check what your case is, try Workbook Unprotection Genius, your problem will be absolutely solve.