The HR Associate forgot the password of employee contact spreadsheet and she ran out of luck for guessing out the password. She says the password is simple. Possible to brute-force it? 

It is Excel 2010

Hi locksnail,

have you tried these steps?
https://www.passfab.com/excel/forgot-excel-2010-password.html

Regards,
Nik

Thanks for the advice, @NIM

Currently running the program and it still not finding the password

I had the same problem with my computer (2007 Excel).But it doesn't matter,since Excel password can be cracked.

With the help of it: https://www.iseepassword.com/open-a-password-protected-excel-file.html

 

Edited February 25, 20196 yr by Kisseasy

Don't run the program... Excel files (xlsx) is actually a zip archive. Simply extract the file and edit out the password. Depending on how you've encrypted it and if you are not using Encrypt with Password, then it should be all fine.

If you still can't crack the password, sent it to me and I might give it a go (only if there is no sensitive info and you don't mind).

Regards,

SnowBall

I have a question -- The password can be recovered?