Unprotecting Excel Spreadsheets Without The Password

open Excel then

Press Alt + F11 

then go to the : Insert module ---> module ( follow the image)

 In the window that appears, paste the following code which is given below

Sub PasswordBreaker()

    'Breaks worksheet password protection.

    Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer

    Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer

    Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer

    Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer

    On Error Resume Next

    For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66

    For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66

    For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66

    For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126

    ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _

        Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _

        Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

    If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then

        MsgBox "password for the given sheet is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _

            Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _

            Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

         Exit Sub

    End If

    Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next

    Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next

End Sub

and lastly Press F5 (or click Run) and wait a minute .

Note: To unprotect Excel sheet without password in the modern versions like Excel 2013, Excel 2016 and Excel 2019 etc. Firstly you have to save the document as Excel 97-2003 workbook (i.e. *.xls). Then, close Excel document and reopen the workbook – it will be opened in compatibility mode. Run the macro to unprotect the worksheet, and then save the workbook back as .xlsx file.

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