How to unlock ANY Excel Document
- Zac Chatfield
- Apr 3, 2017
- 2 min read
Has your teacher, or colleague every given you an Excel Document, that is encrypted with a special password that only the creator knows? Well, now, you can unlock ANY excel document with ease!
Step 1: Open protected Excel Document.
Step 2: When sheet is opened, click "Alt" and "F11."
Step 3: After that, a box will appear. From their, you need to click "Insert" then "Module."
Step 4: Paste this code into the box that appears:
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 "One usable password 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
Step 5: After finishing putting in the code, press "F5" to run the code.
Step 6: Click "OK."
Step 7: Your finished! You can now edit the document at will!
