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How to unprotect Excel sheet if forgot the password
- Aug 14, 2025
I found this post from search engine and tried a couple of answers shared by others in this thread. However,
most of them were not working. Fortunately, I recovered the password successfully thanks to the reply made
by LindaHamilto.https://www.softfixnow.com/how-to-unprotect-excel-sheet
P.S. for strong open password, you have to wait sometime to finally retrieve the password and unprotect the
sheet afterwards.
Hi,
This situation is very common in Excel, your data is so precious that you password protect it but forget the password. I will provide a solution through one of my YouTube tutorials, assuming good intentions and legal use only. Here is the short video Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/1r4gZB8jisY
Hope that helps
To unprotect the file, just upload it to Copilot and enter the command 'Unprotect this file.' It should be done in about a minute.
- malar52K63Feb 16, 2026Copper Contributor
Hi, This doesn't work for me
- perfdataNov 11, 2025Copper Contributor
Worked after other solutions failed, thank you!