Excel Password Finder
Back Into Your Own Spreadsheet - Recover the Password or Drop the Sheet Protection
Locked out of your own Excel file? Recover a forgotten workbook password or remove sheet and workbook protection you set yourself - local, batch, nothing uploaded. Free trial on Windows.
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Load your .xlsx or .xls, let it work, and get your password or an unprotected sheet back.
For workbooks you own
For your own forgotten passwords and the sheet or workbook protection you set and forgot - not for files that are not yours. It all runs locally and nothing is sent anywhere.
How to use it
Add your workbooks
Drop in one or many .xlsx and .xls files. Sheet and workbook protection is handled first, with no password required.
Start the search
If the workbook is encrypted with an open password, it runs a dictionary and rules search with a live progress readout.
Get the result
See the recovered password or the unprotected sheet in a preview, then save what you need to a folder you pick.
Benefits
Sheet protection comes off instantly
Worksheet and workbook protection is not encryption, so it is removed right away with no password and no waiting.
Recovers forgotten open passwords
For an encrypted workbook it searches human and dictionary passwords with mutation rules and shows the one that opens your file.
Old and new formats
Handles modern .xlsx and legacy .xls, in batch, entirely on your Windows PC with nothing uploaded.
Why people use it
Two different locks, handled right
Sheet protection is a flag that comes off at once; an open password is real encryption that has to be searched. The app knows which is which for each file.
Honest about Office 2013 and newer
Newer Excel encryption is deliberately slow to test, so only human and dictionary passwords are realistic. A long random password is not something we promise.
Runs on your graphics card
Open-password search uses the GPU. Without one it still runs on the CPU for dictionary attempts.
FAQ
System Requirements
Excel Password Finder
Languages
1.0
60 Mb
June 25, 2026
- 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
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