How to unprotect excel cell without password

Question

How to unprotect excel cell sheet without password?

Answer 1

Dear @Wen, Lufang,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A forum.

I understand that you're trying to unlock a protected Excel sheet without the password. Unfortunately, based on my research, there is no reliable method to unlock a sheet in Excel if the password is forgotten. If you are the end user, I would recommend reaching out to the file's owner for the password.

I hope this information helps clarify the situation. Should you have any more questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to help.

Wishing you a wonderful day!

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Answer 2

To unprotect an Excel worksheet, you typically need the password if it was set. If you do not have the password, there is no official method provided by Microsoft to unprotect a worksheet without it. If the worksheet is protected with a password, you must enter that password to remove the protection.

If you have access to the VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) environment, you might be able to use some scripts to attempt to unlock the sheet, but this is not guaranteed and may not be legal depending on your situation.

It's important to keep track of passwords for protected worksheets to avoid losing access to your data.

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References:

• Programmatically remove protection from worksheets
• WorksheetBase.Unprotect(Object) Method