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Download Excel Password Remover Software for Your Own XLS and XLSX Files

Excel Password Recovery removes the protection from your own Excel sheet or workbook, or recovers a forgotten password. It reads both modern XLSX and older XLS files.

   
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SoftOrbits Excel Password Remover Software works on XLS and XLSX files you own but can no longer open. It removes sheet or workbook protection right away without a password. If a whole workbook is sealed with an open password, the program searches for the one you chose.

How to recover your Excel password

Add your locked files.
1

Add your locked files

Open the program and drop in a single file or a whole folder of .xlsx and .xls workbooks.

Press Start.
2

Press Start

The Excel Password Remover Software first removes sheet or workbook protection without a password. If the file still needs an open password, the program searches for it and shows the speed and estimated time.

Get back in.
3

Get back in

Once the protection is gone, save the unprotected workbook. For an open password, the program shows you the password so you can open the file in Excel yourself.

Why SoftOrbits Excel Password Remover Software

For files you own.

For files you own

You may find locked workbooks on a shared drive or in an old archive, including one you protected years ago and never reopened.

  • Your spreadsheet never leaves your PC.
  • Get back into workbooks you own instead of rebuilding the data from scratch.
  • Point it at a whole folder and work through every locked file in one run.
   
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One Start button

There is no mode to choose. Press Start and the program removes sheet or workbook protection. If the file is still locked, it searches for the open password. A progress bar shows the speed, estimated time and a Stop button.

Protection removed without a password

A locked sheet or workbook structure is not encryption. It is a flag inside the .xlsx file. SoftOrbits clears that flag and returns an editable workbook.

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Excel password recovery software that is honest about the odds

For an open password, the program searches common and human-style passwords with rule-based variations. A long random password on Office 2013 and newer is protected with AES-256, so recovering it is not realistic. The program tells you that. A graphics card makes the search faster; a plain CPU works too, with a time estimate first.

See the result before you register

The trial does the full job and shows a preview: the unprotected content, or the recovered password with a few characters hidden. Nothing is saved for free. Once you register, you can save the clean file or read the full password.

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Excel Password RecoveryRecover your Excel password or take sheet protection off - offline, on your own PC, one file or a whole folder.
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Who this Excel password remover software is for

Office and finance users

You put an open password on a budget or payroll workbook and now need it. The program recovers the password so you can get back to work. When a board deck built from that workbook is locked too, you can unlock PowerPoint files the same way, on the same PC.

IT admins and power users

You take over a file share or a colleague's laptop full of protected sheets with no password written down. The program removes the protection so you can edit or audit the workbooks, or compare two Excel workbooks once both are open.

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Owners of old .xls archives

You find years-old legacy .xls accounting files with the password long gone. Older files use weaker protection, so these usually open fast. A QBO to CSV Converter opens bank downloads from the same years without QuickBooks.

What to expect by file type

File typeWhat is lockedWhat the program does
Modern Excel (.xlsx, .xlsm)Sheet or workbook protectionRemoved right away, no password needed
Modern Excel (.xlsx)Open password (AES encryption)Human-style passwords can be recovered; a long, complex one cannot
Legacy Excel (.xls)Open password (older RC4)Recovered quickly, whatever the password length
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Excel Password Recovery
Excel Password Recovery
Price
from $ 29.99
Version
1.3
File Size
60 Mb
Last updated on
19/08/26
System Requirements
  • Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32/64 bit)
  • Intel i3, AMD Ryzen 5 or above
  • 4 GB of RAM or above
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® series 8 and 8M, Intel® HD Graphics 2000, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 5600, AMD Radeon™ R600, Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330, Mobility FirePro™ series, Radeon™ R5 M230 or higher graphics card with up-to-date drivers
  • 1280 × 768 screen resolution, 32-bit color
  • 1 GB of free hard disk space or above

Frequently Asked Questions

If a sheet or the workbook structure is protected, the program removes that protection without a password. If the whole file needs an open password, the program searches for the one you chose and shows it to you so you can open the file yourself.

Yes, for a locked sheet or workbook. That protection is a flag inside the file, not encryption. The program clears it and gives you an editable workbook.

Add the file and press Start. Sheet protection comes off without a password, because it is not encrypted. You do not have to remember anything or edit the file by hand.

If you mean a protected sheet or workbook, the program removes the protection in one pass. Protected View is a safety banner in Excel. Click Enable Editing and you are in; no tool is needed for that.

Drop the locked .xlsx or .xls file in and press Start. Sheet and workbook protection are removed. An open password is searched for and shown once it is found.

Recovering access to a file you own is fine. The program is meant for your own workbooks, not for opening files that belong to someone else without their permission.

No. The whole job runs on your computer, so a workbook full of financial or personal data is never handed to an online service.

No. Excel 2013 and newer protect the open password with AES-256, so a long random password can take years of computing. The program recovers human-chosen passwords and tells you upfront when one is out of reach.

Yes. Legacy Office 97-2003 .xls files use an older and weaker encryption, so recovering their open password is usually fast. Modern .xlsx files are handled too, both for taking protection off and for recovering a password.

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