Hack Excel's password protection on workbooks and spreadsheets

Forgotten the password you used to protect your Excel workbook or spreadsheet? Learn how to unprotect your workbook without the password. In this tutorial i show you how to apply password protection to a workbook, spreadsheet and workbook structure and then i show you how to remove the protection without the password in the event that you forget your password.
0:00 introduction and uses of breaking the password protection
1:27 Making sure you can see the the file type extensions
2:45 Protecting a Worksheet with a password
4:30 Breaking the Spreadsheet Protection password
9:35 Protecting the Workbook Structure with a password
10:45 Breaking the Workbook Structure password
13:10 Protecting the Workbook to be Read Only with a password
15:13 Breaking the Workbook Read Only password
17:20 Password protect file open
18:32 Trying to break the password of a file with file open password protection

[@maurice2521]

Excellent Presentation - This is by far the most detailed presentation on all aspects of unlocking a Workbook or Sheet.

[@paphitisn]

Thank you for you feed back

[@christieservantez1911]

Thank you it helped. The first part with file explorer some other people are missing that step in their channel. It worked now I can continue working thank you

[@paphitisn]

Really glad it helped you out. Thanks for your comment.

[@adarshsodani1]

After creating .zip file, it doesn't opens with windows explorer. Error "The compressed file xyz.zip is invalid"

Yeah, this video is pure BS. This doesn't work anymore

[@gatistrankalis1304]

Excellent, clear and precise demonstration of how to protect Excel's sensitive information. Thank you! 👍

[@paphitisn]

Thanks for your feedback

[@badrushisham4512]

Can't open after zip file, error pop-ups, Windows cannot open the folder.

[@lizbethmorales6499]

Same for me.

[@user-xo3yh6uf2z]

Greetings dear Why, when I open a protect sheet or protect workbook in Notepad, it gives me strange numbers and letters instead of HTML ? Please guide me to a solution

[@paphitisn]

Not sure waht you are asking. Why would it open html? If it an encrypted file then this is normal. If you are following the instructions in the video please reffer to the point in the video where you are experiencing something different.

[@user-xo3yh6uf2z]

My teacher, I mean that when I open the sheet in Notepad, strange letters and numbers appear, and I do not see the word "protection"@@paphitisn

[@user-xo3yh6uf2z]

Is there a way to contact you?

[@Hakuna-h5u]

please dude help me out with this .....its going to be my turning point for getting scholarship which would help me out for continuing my studies

[@minecraftchannel6880]

Hello, I have a sheet locked, but are in. xlsb extension, can possible to unlock? Best regards

[@Hakuna-h5u]

dude ,,,can u help me in hacking the view only mode of excel sheet and to enable editing to edit my marks that uploaded in ms teams please its a request help me please

[@anandraman6441]

I tried it in MS excel 2013.. It wasn't possible. It show " The archive is either in unknown format or damaged" Have to try with ms 2019

[@user-py3yz8ue7e]

His legendarity can be compared with Zeus or Appolon

[@mohammadadam2944]

i read the comment thanks and apology to ask again

[@paphitisn]

not a problem.

[@Hakuna-h5u]

nt to edit it without his knowlegde to change my grade ..can u help me out with a trick please

[@paphitisn]

You do know i am educator, right? I suggest you work hard, get your grades up and that will definitely trick him into giving you a good grade. Changing a grade does not make you smarter, changing your approach to education will.

[@teamo5905]

Is it not possible to open an encrypted password file 18:32

[@paphitisn]

No

[@AbdAlKareemHussein]

Hello Nicos, thanks for sharing the knowledge, however, it does not work with both solutions it gives error whenever you try to open the file after: Excel cannot open the file "X" because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verfiry that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension maches the format of the file

[@paphitisn]

I used this just the other day on a file a colleague protected, and it worked just fine. It was an office 2019 file. You cant use this on a file that is locked from opening without a password.

[@llalbwansingh9362]

I have problem with Excel Workbook Password Removal or Recovery, not excel Sheet password... can you help ...?

[@paphitisn]

The tutorial explains how to crack the spreadsheet and workbook protection. If your issue is with the file being password protected when openning the spreadsheet then no, i can not help you with this.

[@mohammadadam2944]

i know the answer from video but still asking i forgot the password of workbook with encryption . i created it and i am author and i have the system on which i creat the work book, is there anyway i can get it open

[@paphitisn]

unfortunately none that i know. There used to be some brute force attack programs but depending the type of password you used it could take an extremely long time to crack. We are not talking hours, more like months

[@sreekanthpillai817]

doesnt work like this

[@paphitisn]

i can assure you that if you are using Office 2019 and you follow the steps correctly, what is demonstrated in the video does work

[@miranferk7505]

I’m unable to hear what I made???? HELP

[@paphitisn]

Sorry but i cant understand your question.