Forum Discussion I recently encountered a problem and hope to get your help. I set a protection password for an Excel file before. Now I want to modify some data, but I found that I forgot Excel password. I wonder if there is any way to remove the protection or unprotect Excel sheet password? If anyone knows a related solution or has had a similar experience, please share it, thank you very much! This file is very important to me, and there is a lot of work data in it. I have tried some methods found on the Internet, but none of them worked. It would be great if someone could provide some specific steps or recommend some tools. Ewosie Aug 14, 2025 I found this post from search engine and tried a couple of answers shared by others in this thread. However, most of them were not working. Fortunately, I recovered the password successfully thanks to the reply made by LindaHamilto. https://www.softfixnow.com/how-to-unprotect-excel-sheet P.S. for strong open password, you have to wait sometime to finally retrieve the password and unprotect the sheet afterwards. Marked as Solution

I found this post from search engine and tried a couple of answers shared by others in this thread. However, most of them were not working. Fortunately, I recovered the password successfully thanks to the reply made by LindaHamilto. https://www.softfixnow.com/how-to-unprotect-excel-sheet P.S. for strong open password, you have to wait sometime to finally retrieve the password and unprotect the sheet afterwards.