{"id":4720,"date":"2017-01-11T10:02:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2023-04-13T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:25:43","slug":"disable-excel-forgotten-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/disable-excel-forgotten-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Excel Forgotten Password to Open and Edit Excel File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your excel file is protected with password, and you want to open and edit it, how can you do if you don\u2019t remember the excel file open and edit password?<\/p>\n<p>I think you can learn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/disable-excel-forgotten-password\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>disable excel password<\/strong><\/a> if you really want to open and edit excel file without knowing password.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#section1\">Section 1: disable excel password for excel file in xls format<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#section2\">Section 2: disable excel password for excel file in xlsx format<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"section1\">Section 1: Disable Excel Password for Excel File in XLS Format<\/h2>\n<p>If your excel file is created in Excel 97-2003 and saved in xls format, you can easily disable excel file open password with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password-remover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iSunshare Excel Password Remover<\/a>. And then get Workbook unprotect software to remove password that restrict editing in excel file.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Disable Excel XLS file open password by removal<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Install and run iSunshare Excel Password Remover on computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong>Add password protected excel file with <strong>Open<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/add-password-protected-excel-xls-file.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/add-password-protected-excel-xls-file.png\" alt=\"add password protected excel xls file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/add-password-protected-excel-xls-file.png 496w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/add-password-protected-excel-xls-file-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0<\/strong>Click <strong>Remove Password<\/strong> and excel file open password would be removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-open-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4725\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-open-password.png\" alt=\"successfully disable excel file forgotten password to open\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-open-password.png 450w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-open-password-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You would get an excel file that you can open but is restricted editing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Disable Excel XLS file password to remove edit restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>If there is only modify password required when you try to open excel XLS file, just open it as read-only, and then remove modify password by <strong>Save As<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you also find the worksheets or workbook structure you need to edit are protected with password, you can remove the password with free 7ZIP or powerful iSunshare Workbook Unprotect Genius. Before this, please change the excel file name extensions from .xls to .xlsx.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the introductions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password\/remove-restrict-editing-in-excel-without-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>remove restrict editing in Excel 2007-2016 file<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"section2\">Section 2: Disable Excel Password for Excel File in XLSX Format<\/h2>\n<p>Suppose your excel file is created in Excel 2007-2016 and saved in xlsx format, you cannot disable excel password to open. But you can recover excel open password at first, and then disable it in MS Excel.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Disable Excel XLSX file open password<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Prepare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password-recovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iSunshare Excel Password Genius<\/a> to run on computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Click <strong>Open<\/strong> button to import password protected excel file.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Choose password attack type from <strong>Type of attack<\/strong> and set parameters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-password-protected-excel-file.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4726\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"569\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-password-protected-excel-file.png\" alt=\"import password protected excel file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-password-protected-excel-file.png 615w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-password-protected-excel-file-300x278.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Click <strong>Start<\/strong> button to recover Excel file open password.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-find-out-excel-forgotten-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"569\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-find-out-excel-forgotten-password.png\" alt=\"successfully find out excel forgotten password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-find-out-excel-forgotten-password.png 615w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-find-out-excel-forgotten-password-300x278.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Copy recovered password to open password protected excel file.<\/p>\n<p>If modify password is also required after you enter open password, please save the excel file as new one with new name to remove it. Now your excel file open password has been disabled.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Disable Excel XLSX file password to edit<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/workbook-unprotect-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Workbook Unprotect Genius<\/a>\u00a0full version to install and run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Tap on <strong>Open<\/strong> button to browse new xlsx file and import it into software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-edit-restricted-excel-file.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-edit-restricted-excel-file.png\" alt=\"import edit restricted excel xlsx file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-edit-restricted-excel-file.png 493w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/import-edit-restricted-excel-file-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click on <strong>Remove Password<\/strong> to remove protection password from worksheet and workbook structure and windows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-edit-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-edit-password.png\" alt=\"successfully disable excel password to edit file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-edit-password.png 493w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/successfully-disable-excel-file-edit-password-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It means it has helped you disable excel file password that restricts editing. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and get the unprotected excel xlsx file.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password\/remove-restrict-editing-in-excel-without-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Remove Restrict Editing in Excel 2007-2016 without Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password\/protect-and-unprotect-workbook-structure-and-windows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Protect and Unprotect Workbook Structure and Windows in Excel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/excel-password\/unprotect-xls-xlsx-worksheet-without-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 Ways to Unprotect Excel Worksheet without Password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your excel file is protected with password, and you want to open and edit it, how can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-4720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-documents","tag-excel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6444,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/6444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}