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Removing VBA password protection in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019 The VBA password in the “Password” and “Confirm password” fields, click “OK” and save the file.

Go to “Protection” tab, uncheck the “Lock project for viewing” option, delete Type the password and click “ОК” VBA password input box in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019ģ.

To access VBA project data, you will have to enter VBA password.

#Unlock an excel file locked for editing code
In the “Tools” menu of VBA codeĮditor open VBA “VBAProject Properties…” VBA code editor (Alt+F11) in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019Ģ. Open an Excel file with VBA macros and press “Alt+F11”. That is another way to lock/unlock an Excel sheet. Please note: in the “Review” tab, next to the “Protect Workbook” button, you'll find the Unlocking a workbook in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019 Enter a workbook password, click “OK” – the Excel workbook structure has now been unlocked. Open a locked Excel file, go to “Review” tab and click “Protect Workbook” Locking/unlocking a workbook or pages in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019Ģ. Here you go! Your Excel sheet is now successfully unlocked 😉 Excel Workbook Passwordġ. Now delete the “Sheet Protection Password”, click “ОК” and save the file Unlocking Microsoft Excel 2016-2019 sheets Open an Excel file, select the sheet, right-click on its name and in the context menu select “Unprotect Sheet…” Excel sheet context menuĢ. The window also allows changing both passwords. Please note: this is yet another way to unlock “Password to Open”, that is by deleting a password in the same settings window. That's how you remove “Password to Modify”. In the window delete the “Password to Modify”, click “ОК” and save the file Deleting Password to modify in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019 Open the “Tools” menu and select “General Options…” Saving Files in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019ģ. Go to “File” menu and open “Save As” dialog box, Start Excel, select the file, click on it, type a “Password to Modify” and open the document Password to Modify Box in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019Ģ. You won't need a password the next time you open the file. Now you have deleted the “Password to Open” and decrypted the data. Unlocking Excel files using passwordĪnd that’s it. Delete the password you set earlier, click “ОК” and save the file. Go to “File” → “Info”, click on “Protect Workbook” and select “Encrypt with Password” File information in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019Ĥ. Enter a password and open the Excel file (if you forget the password, restore it by following the instructions) Entering “Password to Open” in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019ģ. Start Excel, click on “Open” in the left menu and select the file Opening files in Microsoft Excel 2016-2019Ģ. When you know the password, unlocking an Excel file is similar to locking it: you enter the password, delete it, and save the file without password protection.ġ.
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How to Unlock Excel File When You Know the Password
#Unlock an excel file locked for editing software
To find a password (search or recover it) takes time and requires special software to unlock an Excel password. Once you set an “Password to Open”, all data in the Excel file will be encrypted which makes it impossible to unlock the file without knowing the password.
