Monthly Archives: April 2019

Unprotect/Remove Excel Password

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  1. Change the extension of you Excel file from .xlsx to .zip
  2. Extract these XML files outside the folder,they represent the worksheets in the Excel file.
    1. Location: xl -> worksheets -> *.xml
  3. Modified codes using simple “Notepad”.
    1. Open XML File & Delete  Excel v. 2007-10 “sheetProtection password=… />” v. 2013 – “sheetProtection algorithmName=…/>”
  4. Save & Close Xml File
  5. The modified XML file should be put again in the zipped file to replace the old XML files.
  6. Run File