Excel spreadsheets are powerful tools for organizing and analyzing data, but when they are password-protected, it can be frustrating to access the information you need.

Launch Excel and open the protected worksheet. Select the "Review" tab, and then click "Unprotect Sheet." Enter the password, if prompted.

Learn how to unprotect Excel sheets or workbooks without a password using this simple step-by-step guide. No software required!

If you have sensitive data you'd like to keep from prying eyes in a Microsoft Excel file, the easiest way to protect it is with Excel's built-in password tools.

Open the spreadsheet you want to protect in Excel, click the "Review" tab and then click "Protect Sheet" in the Changes group to display the Protect Sheet dialog.

Here is a tutorial to lock or hide only the formula cells in an Excel workbook. You can also lock formulas in all worksheets in a workbook.

At the file level, you can password protect an Excel workbook in two ways: You can determine who can get in and who can save changes.

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