This document will show you how to unprotect Excel workbook 2013/2016 with or without password in 2 options that depends on how your Excel workbook is encrypted.

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Unprotect Excel workbook 2013/2016
with or without password
This document will show you how to unprotect Excel workbook 2013/2016 with or
without password in 2 options that depends on how your Excel workbook is encrypted.
As Excel 2013 is similar with Excel 2016, here mainly take Excel 2016 as example.
Option 1: Excel file is password protected from opening
When the Excel 2013/2016 file is encrypted with opening password, no one can open
the Excel file to read or modify without entering password, unless the Excel file is
unprotected. How to remove password protection from Excel 2013/2016? Follow the
two cases on the below.
Still remember Excel file opening password
If you still remember the password to open Excel file, then unprotect Excel is an easy
thing.
1. Enter password to open the Excel file.
2. Go to File >> Info >> Protected Workbook >> Encrypt with password.
3. On the Encrypt Document dialog, clear the dots from the password text box, and
click on OK.

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4. Then the Excel file is unprotected, and you can open it without password the
next time.
Forgot Excel file encrypted password
However, if you forgot the password to open a password protected Excel file,
unprotecting the Excel workbook will be a hard thing. You need to recover the forgotten
password to unlock the Excel file first, and then unprotect it. Many utilities on the
internet can help you to recover Excel file forgotten password. Here just take Cocosenor
Excel Password Tuner as example.
1. Get Cocosenor Excel Password Tuner from the internet.
2. Install and launch this app.
3. Click “Open” button to import the Excel file.
4. Configure the recovery settings.
5. Click on “Start” to begin this recovery process.
6. In a while the password will be recovered, and then you can use it to open and
unprotect the Excel file following the steps above.

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Option 2: Excel workbook structure is protected with password
When the Excel workbook structure is protected with password, it will prevent users
from viewing hidden sheets, renaming, moving, hiding, or deleting sheets, or insert new
sheets in the workbook. If want to unprotect Excel workbook structure, follow the 2
ways below.
Still remember Excel workbook structure protected password
1. Open the Excel file.
2. Click on Review tab, and click on “Protect Workbook”.
3. Enter the unprotect password on the text box and click on OK.
Forgot Excel Workbook structure protected password
Normally, it needs to enter a password to unprotect Excel Workbook structure.
However, if you forgot the Excel workbook unprotect password what to do? I got some
VBA codes from the net, but it only works on Excel Workbook 2007 and earlier version,
it didn’t respond when I tested it on my Excel 2016. But here is a faster way to remove
Excel workbook 2013/2016 structure password.
1. Get the utility - Workbook Unprotect Tuner, and install on computer.
2. Launch this program, and click on “Open” to import the Excel workbook.
3. You will find the workbook structure password is removed in two seconds after
click on the “Remove Password” button.

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Reference resource:
https://www.cocosenor.com/articles/office/unprotect-excel-workbook-worksheet-with-
or-without-password.html