Deactivate worksheet protection in Excel

C

CesarTabares

Hello!

Is there a way to deactivate a protected worksheet in excel, if one doesn't
know the password that is set?
A tool to download for example, that deletes the password for example.
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

No. What good is a password if it can be easily "deleted" or bypassed?

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Carey Frisch
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Hello!

Is there a way to deactivate a protected worksheet in excel, if one doesn't
know the password that is set?
A tool to download for example, that deletes the password for example.
 
H

Harlan Grove

Carey Frisch said:
No.  What good is a password if it can be easily "deleted" or bypassed?
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Obviously WRONG answer since there are many 3rd party programs and
much free code to remove worksheet and workbook protection passwords.
For example,

http://www.straxx.com/excel/password.html

and

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/removepwords.html

But your philosophical point is valid: what value is there to Excel's
internal password protection SINCE IT IT DEMONSTRABLY SIMPLE TO
REMOVE?
Is there a way to deactivate a protected worksheet in excel, if one doesn't
know the password that is set?
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....

Don't ask Excel-specific questions in this newsgroup. Ask Excel-
specific questions in Excel-specific newsgroups where practicality has
overruled sanctimony about Excel's internal passwords for over a
decade.
 
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