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When you accidentally deleted important Excel files or lost an Excel encryption password, stay here. You can follow three parts on this page to resolve this issue: Part 1. Recover deleted, lost Excel file with file recovery software; Part 2. Unlock and remove password protection from encrypted Excel in Windows 10/8/7; Part 3. Remove Password Protection from Excel sheets.
This page includes three parts to help you effectively restore deleted or lost Excel files, unlock encrypted Excel or Excel sheets without the password.
Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Fix 1. Restore from Recycle Bin | Open 'Recycle bin'. Locate and right-click the deleted Excel, choose 'Restore'...Full steps |
Fix 2. Search Excel File Name | Open Windows File Explorer, type the file name of your lost or missing excel...Full steps |
Fix 3. Use File Recovery Software | Run EaseUS Data Recovery Software. Choose the drive X: or perhaps a specific folder...Full steps |
Fix 4. Remove Excel Password | Create a new folder and drag password-protected excel into the folder, open 'Folder' Option....Full steps |
Fix 5. Decrypt Protected Excel | Open a new Excel file, and press Alt + F11 to open the VBA window. Click on Insert..Full steps |
Fix 6. Try Password Removal Tool | You can selectively try any one of the recommended tools online and let it unlock Excel...Full steps |
Fix 7. Remove Password Protection | Copy the encrypted Excel as a backup, and change the file extension of original excel from .xlsx...Full steps |
'Hi there, do you know how to restore lost Excel file and decrypt it without a password? I lost an important Excel file that was encrypted by a password.
I couldn't find it in the recycle bin and nothing was found on my PC by searching the file name. If anyone of you has a way to help me restore and unlock Excel file without a password, please let me know.'
Although losing Excel files or Word documents on Windows PC is no longer a new problem, it's still a top concerned issue. Losing encrypted Excel without the unlocking password may is one of these issues.
If you are experiencing the same issue, follow solutions in the next parts to restore and unlock Excel file on your own.
If you accidentally deleted or lost an important Excel file with a password, don't worry. You can restore the lost Excel from below 3 Methods.
You may first try to undelete Excel from the Recycle Bin:
Step 1. Open 'Recycle bin'.
Step 2. Locate and right-click the deleted Excel, choose 'Restore'.
If nothing was found, try to search and find the Excel in your PC by searching its file name.
Note: This method works more efficiently on helping you find missing files that are still existing on your PC or storage devices.
Step 1. Open Windows File Explorer, type the file name of your lost or missing excel at the right search column.
If you can't remember the file name, you can search with the file extension, such as .xls or .xlsx.
Step 2. Check and open the displaying excel files and see if you can find it.
If you still find nothing, use automated file recovery software in Method 3 for help.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will execute a 3-step recovery process to scan and find your lost Excel file:
It supports all Windows OS, including Windows 10/8/7 and old Windows OS.
Step 1. Specify a location.
Run EaseUS Data Recovery Software. Choose the drive X: or perhaps a specific folder on Desktop or somewhere else where you lost the excel files, and then click 'Scan'.
Step 2. Scan for data.
During the scan, you'll see more and more data showing up very quickly in the 'Deleted files' result. That's part of what the software has found and displayed. To quickly find the Excel files in the massive data in the scan results, click on the 'Filter' on the top area and choose 'Documents'. Or, search .xls or .xlsx in the Search box.
Step 3. Preview and recover.
You can double click on a file to preview its integrity. Finally, select the desired files and click 'Recover'.
If the restored Excel is encrypted, use your password to unlock it. If you forgot the password, follow Part 2 with provided methods to decrypt it.
When you go to unlock an encrypted Excel file, the program will ask you for the password. Don't panic when you lost the decryption key.
The methods that we collected here will remove password protection from the found Excel file. In other words, you can decrypt an Excel file without password:
Step 1. Create a new folder and drag password-protected excel into the folder, open Folder Option.
Step 2. Got to the View tab, scroll down to uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types' and click 'Apply'.
Step 3. Now change the Excel extension from .xlsx to .zip.
Step 4. Open the zip file with an unzip program, click the xl folder > Worksheets > Sheet1.xml and open it with Notepad.
Step 5. Delete the Sheet protection password='**' in the quotes and save the Notepad and click 'Yes'.
Step 7. Change the extension from .zip to .xlsx again, open the Excel and go to Review, click Unprotect Sheet.
Now you can edit your Excel file and unlock it to reusable again.
Step 1. Open a new Excel file, and press Alt + F11 to open the VBA window.
Step 2. Click on Insert, select 'Module'.
Step 3. On the General window enter the VBA code.
Step 4. Click on 'Run' button (or press F5 key) to run it.
Step 5. Click on OK when a small box pops up and close the VBA window, you will find your Excel sheet has been unprotected without the password.
If you prefer a professional software or tool to help you remove password protection on your Excel file.
Or you want to unlock Excel file without a password, you may try the recommended password removal tools:
You can selectively try any one of the recommended tools online and let it unlock the Excel file without a password.
If you happen to meet the problem of Excel unsaved, here is the online help on how to recover unsaved Excel file.
Step 1. Copy the encrypted Excel as a backup, and change the file extension of original excel from .xlsx to .zip.
Step 2. Use an unzip file to open the zipped file, locate and open the xl folder, and copy the workbook.xml file to your desktop.
Step 3. Open the .xml file with notepad, and change the lockStructure number from '1' to '0' as shown below.
Step 4. Save the changed file and copy it back to the unzipping window, replace the old workbook.xml file.
Step 5. After this, switch the zip file back to excel by changing its file extension to .xlsx again.
Step 6. Open the excel file again, and click 'Enable Connection'.
There, you can edit the Exel sheet again and the password encryption has been removed.