Retrieve password protected documents

Question

I password protected a few documents saved in a drive, and the password has been forgotten.

I am in Windows 10, the files were saved and in a much older version. Can I retrieve them?

Answer 1

Hi Natasha

This is Tamal trying to help you with the issue.

you probably cannot retrieve the files if protected in any earlier version of office, that is for security of the documents. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-c... may have a look at this documentation.