Excel sheet forgotten password

[Tyakat730]

I have an old Excel file that is password protected to open, but I’ve forgotten the password. Is there any solution to get the sheet to open?

TIA

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@Tyakat730 wrote:

I have an old Excel file that is password protected to open, but I’ve forgotten the password. Is there any solution to get the sheet to open?

TIA

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If you have forgotten the password to an Excel file, there are a few potential solutions that you can try in order to regain access to the sheet.

One option is to use a password recovery tool, which can often successfully decrypt a password-protected Excel file.

Another possibility is to try opening the file in a different program such as OpenOffice or Google Sheets, as these programs may be able to bypass the password protection.

Finally, if you know the password but it is not working for some reason, it is possible that the file has become corrupted and you will need to contact Microsoft for support.

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@Tyakat730 

try these links

Link:Password Options

Link:How to unprotect the excel sheet if forgot the password

Additional Information:

Lock or unlock specific areas of a protected worksheet

Hide or show rows or columns

Protect an Excel file

[#4]

Thank you! I did get assistance from Nikolino
Appreciate you taking the time to answer

[#5]

Thanks for your help getting this resolved for me Nikolino, greatly appreciated!

[#6]

I created an Excel document with a password protect and forgot the password.  I tried to enter several passwords which I thought would be the correct one but with no success.   I also tried DocRecrypt -i at the Cmd line of the file but also with no success.  Please help me to recover this document.  It's very important to me.  Thanks in advance.