This wikiHow article will show you howtounlock a protected Excelspreadsheet with or without the password. If your entire Excel workbook is password-protected and you can't open it, you'll need to unlock the file first.
To enable some cell editing, while leaving other cells locked, it's possible to unlock all the cells. You can lock only specific cells and ranges before you protect the worksheet and, optionally, enable specific users to edit only in specific ranges of a protected sheet. Follow these steps:
Go to the worksheet you want to unlock. Right-click on the sheet name tab at the bottom of the worksheet interface. On the context menu that opens, click on the Unprotect Sheet option. Enter the sheet protection password into the Unprotect Sheet dialog box and click OK.
Many commands under the Home tab are not available as the worksheet is password-protected. If we try to make any changes to the worksheet, a message box like the following image will appear. It warns that the worksheet is protected. This method works in Microsoft Excel 2010 or earlier versions.
Learn how to unprotect an Excelsheet with and without a password. Explore its built-in methods, VBA solutions, and workarounds for unlocking protected sheets.
Removing the worksheet protection code from the sheet’s XML file allows you to unprotect the sheet without a password. Suppose you have a password-protected worksheet named ‘Annual Sales’ in a workbook named ‘Archived Sales Reports.xlsx’:
To unlock Excel sheet for editing, follow these steps: Open the Excel file and navigate to the protected worksheet. Right-click the Review tab and choose Unprotect Sheet (enter password if required) to unlock the excel file.
This wikiHow article will show you how to unlock a protected Excel spreadsheet with or without the password. If your entire Excel workbook is password-protected and you can't open it, you'll need to unlock the file first.