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Open Encrypted Access 2016 ACCDB Database without Password

How to open Access 2016 database?

While Access 97-2016 database is not encrypted, you could directly open it in MS Access or Excel. However, if it has been encrypted with powerful password you don't know, it would need an access password recovery tool. Then you could type open password when it asks you.

What is the Access 2016 database file extension?

According to common Office password recovery tools, we find different password recovery tools recovers password for different file types. So it is necessary to confirm the database file extension at first. Generally, default Access 2016 database file is .accdb format. Therefore, we just need to look for software to recover accdb database password.

How to Open Access 2016 database without password?

Fortunately, Access Password Genius is one of effective access password recovery tool that could recover password for .mdb and .accdb database. Hence as long as we get it, it is possible to open access 2016 database without knowing password.

Step 1: Prepare Access Password Genius.

Go to iSunshare Access Password Genius home page, you can get its trial version to try recovering password less than 3 characters, or pay for full version to recover complex access database password in few seconds. Then install and run on your Windows computer.

prepare access password recovery tool

Step 2: Recover Access 2016 accdb database password.

1. Add Access 2016 .accdb database.

Click Open button on Access Password Genius, then you could browse all folders in your computer to find .accdb database ready to be recovered password. Select the database and click "open" button again on Open window, to add it into Access Password Genius Encrypted File box.

add access 2016 accdb database

2. Select password recovery type and set parameters.

Tap Type of recovery, you would see four password recovery types you can choose. Among these password recovery types, select one the most appropriate for access 2016 database password recovery. Then set password range, length, mask or dictionary etc parameters according chosen recovery type.

select access 2016 password recovery type

3. Start Access Password Genius to recover database password.

Click Start button, and wait for Access Password Genius to automatically find out Access 2016 database open password. Believe instantly a message would prompt you password is recovered successfully, and Access 2016 database open password pops up on a dialog.

recover access 2016 accdb database password

Step 3: Open Access 2016 accdb database.

Copy password on pop-up dialog and click Open button to start opening Access 2016 database. While it asks you to type database open password, just paste password in box and press Enter. Then Access 2016 database will be open successfully. You can remove or reset its open password.

open access 2016 accdb database

Tips:

  • 1. If you have other encrypted Office files, you could choose Office Password Genius to recover password for all of them at the same time.
  • 2. If you only want to recover Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2007-2016 document password, Office Password Genius Professional or Advanced will be faster, because it could run password recovery program on all computers simultaneously in LAN or WAN(Wide Area Network).

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