forgotten excel password

Question

is there anyway I can retrieve or remove the forgotten password of microsoft excel work book?

Answer 1

What would it mean if you could remove a password to recover a file, or better yet recover access to your bank account?

Answer 2

Hi Blessing

Many thanks for your reply..

Best Regards,

Sajan

Answer 3

Hi Sajan M,

Thank you for reaching out to us. I am Blessing, an independent advisor here and a Microsoft user like you.

Sorry about that. To answer your question: no, you cannot. According to Microsoft, " a password-protected document cannot be recovered, if the password for that document is lost or forgotten. Microsoft does not offer a service to retrieve documents to which passwords have been added, nor does it offer any information about such services or processes."

This means to recover a password-protected file, you must remember the assigned password.

Lastly, remember that passwords are case sensitive. If you used a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters when you set up your password, you must use the same combination when you use the password to access your document.

Kindly find link to source of this information from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/topic/65a1f34b-fa3f-665a-4913-7ecbb8e01f5f

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