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Jsullivan0395
Jul 21, 2020Copper Contributor
Forgot my protected password - need help to unlock an important sheet!
Hi Excel community! I need some help asap. I have a very important sheet for work that I had put a protected password on over a year ago and I forgot it because I have been furloughed from work a...
Danteexavyer
Nov 05, 2022Copper Contributor
Open with Google Sheets. Save as a Google sheets file so it changes it from excel. Open the sheet and enter some random character resave. Open with excel and resave as an excel file password should be gone.
cery1999
Nov 19, 2022Copper Contributor
Google sheets can not open the excel file because excel file has password which I forgot. How you can transfer the excel file to Google sheets? Please advise, thank you
- DanteexavyerNov 19, 2022Copper Contributor
cery1999 I just emailed to myself opened on my phone
- cery1999Nov 19, 2022Copper Contributor
Sorry, you tried on your own protected excel file or the one I attaced of mine to replied?
- DanteexavyerNov 19, 2022Copper ContributorTo be more exact I long clicked and ope. With
- cery1999Nov 19, 2022Copper ContributorYou are saying that by using Google spread sheet? Where did you "long clicked"? I tried on Google spread sheet, the first step is blank box to ask me the password. I entered 123, the google shows the wrong password, just doesn't let me to open. Where should I take a long clicked and ope? Please help. thank you