free ways to unprotect excel sheet without password

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Free Ways to Unprotect Excel Sheet without Password

So you are prompted the warning message each time you attempt to modify an Excel cell?

It means the Excel sheet is protected and you need to unprotect it by click on the Unprotect Sheet button in the

Changes group under the Review tab.

When a password is required to unprotect sheet but you don’t know the password or forgot it what can you do insuch a situation?

!ake it easy" !here are two free ways you can unprotect Excel sheet without password.

How to unprotect Excel sheet without password for free

• Way #$ %y using &%' codes

• Way #$ %y using (I)

Free Way 1 Unprotect Excel sheet without password using !"# codes

*ou may know little about &%' codes. %ut ne+er mind. ,ere you -ust need to type se+eral lines of &%' codes tunprotect your Excel sheet.

Step 1 pen the Excel sheet. )ress #lt $ F11 to open %icrosoft !isual "asic for #pplications window.Step & /ouble click on the sheet you need to unprotect. !hen type the codes in the blank field as the pictureshown as below. %e careful and do not miss anyone character or word.

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Step '$ 0lick on the Run button and select Run %acro to run the codes.

Step ( It will return you back to the worksheet and an alert box will appear with one usable password. 0lick )*and the Excel sheet will be unprotected immediately. *ou can modify the sheet without password.

Free Way & Unprotect Excel sheet without password using +,-.P

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!his way only works for Excel file in /xlsx format. ,ence if your Excel workbook is in .xls format -ust open itand then sa+e it as .xlsx format.

Step 1 0hange the Excel file name extension from .xlsx to .1ip. 2ust click on 0es to make sure when prompted.

Step & pen the (I) archi+e as 34(I). pen the folder xl,wor2sheets and you can see three sheet/x3l files.

Select the sheet1/x3l file. 5ight click on it and select Edit. 0hoose to open it with 4otepad.

Step ' /elete the tag beginning with sheetProtection. !hen sa+e and close the sheet1/x3l file.

Step ( 6pdate the modified sheet1/x3l file in the (I) archi+e when prompted. !hen close the (I) archi+e.

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Step 5 0hange the (I) fie name extension back to .xlsx. 't this point the Excel sheet has been unprotected.

pen it and you can edit the sheet without password.

6ips 'n Excel worksheet also can be protected by pen password. If you can’t open a protected Excel

worksheet without password you ha+e to remo+e or reco+er Excel password to unprotect the sheet.

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How to Unprotect an excel sheet without password

!,is document will tel you how to unprotect an excel spread sheet without ha+ing the password

6his procedure wor2s in Excel &717 and earlier 8ut in Excel &71' this will not wor2/

In case of a password protect worksheet you are unable to Edit the data on the Excel Sheet. If you do not

5emember the )assword or do not know the password to unprotect the sheet -ust follow the below simple steps.

)ress '7! 8 9## or click on &iew 0ode in /e+elopers !abs

In the 'bo+e White Space Enter the below 0ode. /o not change the code -ust copy paste$

Sub )assword%reaker:;

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9or l C A@ !o AA$ 9or m C A@ !o AA$ 9or i# C A@ !o AA 9or i= C A@ !o AA$ 9or i> C A@ !o AA$ 9or i C A@ !o AA

9or i@ C A@ !o AA$ 9or iA C A@ !o AA$ 9or n C >= !o #=A

'cti+eSheet.6nprotect 0hr:i; D 0hr:-; D 0hr:k; D

0hr:l; D 0hr:m; D 0hr:i#; D 0hr:i=; D 0hr:i>; D 0hr:i; D 0hr:i@; D 0hr:iA; D 0hr:n;

If 'cti+eSheet.)rotect0ontents C 9alse !hen Fsg%ox Gne usable password is G D 0hr:i; D 0hr:-; D

0hr:k; D 0hr:l; D 0hr:m; D 0hr:i#; D 0hr:i=; D

0hr:i>; D 0hr:i; D 0hr:i@; D 0hr:iA; D 0hr:n;

Exit Sub End If

Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ Bext

Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ Bext$ BextEnd Sub

Bow 0lick on the 5un %utton or press 9@$

'nd there you go the sheet is unprotected for you now. 'lso you would be getting a message in the pop up

window.

!his Fessage is contains the password which can be used to unprotect the other sheets in the same workbook.


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