How do I unlock a spreadsheet that is password protected?

[Guest]

I have a spreadsheet to which I need access but it was password protected by
my predecessor who is no longer with our company. How can I get into the
spreadsheet to edit it? I can currently read-only.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Take a look at

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

 

[Franz]

I have a spreadsheet to which I need access but it was password
protected by my predecessor who is no longer with our company. How
can I get into the spreadsheet to edit it? I can currently read-only.

If you can open the file in a read only mode you can save it with a
different name...

 

[Guest]

Hi Moke
Contact your predecessor first....he /she must have locked it for a reason.
second option is to buy a password cracker, about $20 on the net.

HTH
Michael

 

[Harlan Grove]

If you can open the file in a read only mode you can save it with a
different name...

And then you can close the copy, delete the original, and rename the copy
using the original's filename. File-modify passwords are OH, SO SECURE.

 

[Boy]

When I lost my Excel password, I did quite a research only to find out that all password recovery programs can't guarantee successful restoration of lost password. If the password is long and complex, it may take years for them to find it. The only way to reliably remove password from Excel 2007 or later version (I had Excel 2010) that I have found was online service called Password-find.com. It exploited some new algorithm that allows removing password instantaneously (removed my within several seconds). However it does not work for 100% of documents, so check it by yourself - maybe the developers improved it since then. If your document is saved in old Excel 97-2003 format you may try Free Excel password Recovery that someone mentioned already - it may work if lost password is really simple. I hope my post will save you a huge amount of time I wasted looking for some problem resolution