How to Open Password Protected Excel Worksheets without Password

"My Excel Worksheets are encrypted with strong password. But now the password used to open Excel Worksheets has been forgotten or lost."

How can I open the password protected Excel worksheets when no password available?

Should I get a password recovery tool to recover lost or forgotten excel worksheets password?

Now we make an example in following passage, introducing the steps for Excel password recovery in two parts. After the detailed introductions, believe you could find the appropriate way to open your protected Excel worksheets.

• Part 1: Prepare Excel Password Genius and make settings for recovering Excel password.
• Part 2: Recover Excel password and open password protected excel worksheets.

Part 1: Prepare Excel Password Genius and make settings for recovering Excel password.

1. Get Excel Password Genius and install it on your computer.

There are two versions, trial version and full version for selection. The Excel Password Genius trial version only could recover password less than 3 characters. While full version could recover all kinds of excel password no matter how complex forgotten excel password is.

2. Run password recovery tool and import password protected excel worksheets.

Double-click Excel Password Genius to run it on your computer. And then click "Open" button to browse encrypted excel worksheets on your computer. Select password protected worksheet and open it. It would appear in "Encrypted File" box then.

3. Make password attack settings.

In drop-down box of "Type of attack", select the most appropriate password attack type for imported excel worksheets. And then make detailed settings for password attack type, Brute-force, Mask, Dictionary and Smart.

• Brute-force: set password range and length.
• Mask: mainly set "Mask" parameter.
• Dictionary: set dictionary path or confirm default dictionary path.

Part 2: Recover Excel password and open password protected excel worksheets.

1. After all necessary settings have been made, click "Start" button to recover imported Excel worksheet password.

2. Instantly, a new window pops up with recovered excel password.

Copy recovered excel password, and open encrypted Excel worksheets with it. And then choose to save excel worksheets password on safe place or change Excel password for easy-to-remember, or remove Excel worksheets password protection. No matter which kind of password is set for excel, it should be back up.

Related video for reference:
Remove Excel Forgotten or Lost Password Effectively and Easily

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