forgotten protection password in excel

  1. #1
    Rod Keane is offline Junior Member

    forgotten protection password in excel

    Hi Guys
    i've managed to forget the password to unprotect a worksheet doh! any ideas how i can unprotect it, thanks in advance.

  2. #2
    Novemberdobby is offline Full Member
    well, there are many brute force programs you can use to get into a password protected document.
    For example, "Excel Key" gets the password quite quickly, and the demo will give you the first two letters of the password. If that helps jog your memory, you should be ok.

  3. #3
    Rod Keane is offline Junior Member
    Quote Originally Posted by Novemberdobby
    well, there are many brute force programs you can use to get into a password protected document.
    For example, "Excel Key" gets the password quite quickly, and the demo will give you the first two letters of the password. If that helps jog your memory, you should be ok.
    Thanks for your reply, I will have a look at excel key, it may help.

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