Microsoft Excel allows a user to protect one or more sheets in a
spreadsheet. Protected sheets cannot be modified without entering a
password (chosen by the person that protected the spreadsheet).
Sometimes these passwords are lost, therefore protected spreadsheets are
permanently locked. This page contains a free online utility that allows
you to upload an Excel spreadsheet and unlock any protected sheets in
the spreadsheet.
To unlock an Excel spreadsheet, enter it's location in the "XLS file to
unlock" field, by either typing it in the field or clicking on the
"browse" button, then navigating to it's location.
The unlocked version of the spreadsheet will be displayed in a new
browser window, and automatically opened in Excel if it is installed in
your system. Otherwise the unlocked spreadsheet can be downloaded to
your local hard drive.
The terms and
conditions must be accepted to unlock the Excel spreadsheet.