A recommended approach to secure your most private documents — whether it’s a PDF, Word file, or Excel spreadsheet — is to lock them with a passcode. While this does help keep sensitive content safe, ...

If Excel requests a password when you try to unprotect the file using its built-in options, this method can help you bypass those restrictions effectively. 2: Prepare for the Process ...

Key Takeaways : Excel spreadsheets can be protected by Edit Ranges, Sheet Protection, Workbook Protection, File Modify Password, VBA Project Password, and File Open Password.

No matter what type of password that you have used to protect the Excel file, we will let you know about a convenient and a hassle free method that you can follow to unlock it.

Copy the password and use it to unlock Excel. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad. Disclaimer. Information in this article applies to Mac OS X Mavericks and Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011.