If you lose the password to a worksheet or workbook structure, use these steps to regain full editing access. the locked Excel workbook. Navigate to the Kutools Plus tab on the main ribbon. Locate the Security group on the right side. Click the Unprotect Worksheet or Unprotect Workbook button.
Sometimes, protecting a whole spreadsheet is overkill. If you only want to obscure sensitive data like social security numbers, salaries, or proprietary APIs while keeping the rest of the sheet open, native Excel falls short. Kutools solves this with : kutools for excel password work
: Supports recording and editing passwords for protected workbooks, allowing Kutools to automatically fill them when using other features like "Combine Worksheets". If you lose the password to a worksheet
: Unlike standard worksheet protection which locks cells from editing, this feature actually encrypts the content of selected cells so the data itself is unreadable without the correct password. Enhanced Cell Locking Locate the Security group on the right side