Remove Excel Workbook/Worksheet Passwords
I created a test workbook and protected both the sheet and the workbook with a simple password at first. The program worked perfectly and it removed the protection very quickly!
However, I decided to see how well it worked with a fairly complex password set to the workbook! I used 9 character password that had a combination of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and a symbol to put the Excel password remover to the test and I was quite surprised that it actually managed to crack it after about 2 minutes! Not bad at all!
What’s really surprising is that you can break a password of any length using this add-in for all versions from Excel 97 to Excel 2010. I also used a 17 character password that has numbers and symbols and it was cracked in about 5 seconds. Why so fast and why doesn’t it matter how complicated the password is? Unfortunately, the password is only as safe as the amount of encryption used to store the password.
The encryption is weak in Excel and therefore passwords can be easily cracked no matter how complicated or how long they are. If you’re using the Excel 2007 or 2010 add-on, you’ll see a new tab called Straxx and three options: Unprotect sheet, Unprotect workbook and Unprotect all. The last one is for the PRO version only, which you have to pay for.
The PRO version is also the only version that will work on Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 files. You’ll also need the PRO version if you want to use the program on a Mac computer. It’s $28 for the Windows version and $26 for the Mac version. You can purchase those here.
Remove Excel Protection and Remove VBA Passwords
The program has 9 built-in dictionaries for performing brute-force attacks, though you should know that the program will only be able to check about 400 to 800 passwords per second on an average PC. This may sound like a lot, but for a very complex password, it means the program may never be able to crack the password. Again, this is only for the open file password on Excel 2007 and above.
If you need to crack an Excel VBA password, you should check out VBA Key from the same company. It supports all office products including Word, Excel, Access, etc for VBA password recovery. It also supports multilingual passwords. It also costs $39.
Online Excel Cracking Tools
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Hopefully, one of the tools above will get you into your password-protected Excel file! Any other Excel password recovery tool you use that you would want to mention? Post a comment! Enjoy!