Hello team,

I forgot my excel 2010 sheet password, Its very important to me

help me to fix the issue

Hi

Either try a password recovery software which will take a lot of time.

You can also try Elcomsoft Office Password Breaker Software.I tried it .It also takes times but less than password Recovery software's. As per me result is 100 %.

Hi Mahesh,

This is what Microsoft has to say,

"It is critical that you remember your password. If you forget your password, Microsoft cannot retrieve it. Store the passwords that you write down in a secure place away from the information that they help protect."

On top of that "Excel does not encrypt data that is hidden or locked in a workbook.It only helps obscure data or formulas that might confuse other users and prevents them from viewing or making changes to that data."

Hence it indicates its crackable but not supported by Microsoft ofcourse.

References:

Password protect a worksheet or workbook elements in Excel

https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Password-protect-a-worksheet-or-workbook-elements-in-Excel-46ab1285-3070-48c9-b55a-0eefd1de286b?ui=en-US&rs=en-ZA&ad=ZA

Hi Maheshe,

Microsoft has added password protection capability to many features in Office programs to help prevent unauthorized access to important information. If you are unable to access information because you do not know the correct password, please realize that:

Microsoft support professionals cannot assist you, under any circumstances, in the breaking of passwords applied to files and features in Microsoft programs.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e759cefb-4ec2-4491-b6e2-616c2f5f7c89/i-got-a-freind-forgot-his-outlook-email-passwords-pst-file-and-he-wants-the-imortant-emails

Regards,

Emi Zhang
TechNet Community Su