How to unprotect Excel sheet without password:

Excel worksheet protection is quite weak even in the recent versions of Excel 2013 and Excel
2016. If you need to edit a password protected sheet but you cannot remember the password,
try to unlock that Excel spreadsheet by using one of the following methods.

Unlock Excel spreadsheet with VBA code (for Excel 2010 and lower)
If you are using Excel 2010 or older version, you can unlock a password-protected sheet with
the following macro.
Press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.
Right-click the workbook name on the left pane (Project-VBAProject pane) and
select Insert > Module from the context menu.
In the window that appears, paste in the following code:

Sub PasswordBreaker()
'Breaks worksheet password protection.

Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer

Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer

On Error Resume Next

For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66

For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126

ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _

Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then

MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

Exit Sub

End If

Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next

Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
End Sub
Sub PasswordBreaker()
'Breaks worksheet password protection.

Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer

Dim l As Integer, m As Integer, n As Integer
Dim i1 As Integer, i2 As Integer, i3 As Integer
Dim i4 As Integer, i5 As Integer, i6 As Integer

On Error Resume Next

For i = 65 To 66: For j = 65 To 66: For k = 65 To 66

For l = 65 To 66: For m = 65 To 66: For i1 = 65 To 66
For i2 = 65 To 66: For i3 = 65 To 66: For i4 = 65 To 66
For i5 = 65 To 66: For i6 = 65 To 66: For n = 32 To 126

ActiveSheet.Unprotect Chr(i) & Chr(j) & Chr(k) & _

Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & Chr(i3) & _
Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

If ActiveSheet.ProtectContents = False Then

MsgBox "One usable password is " & Chr(i) & Chr(j) & _
Chr(k) & Chr(l) & Chr(m) & Chr(i1) & Chr(i2) & _
Chr(i3) & Chr(i4) & Chr(i5) & Chr(i6) & Chr(n)

Exit Sub

End If

Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next

Next: Next: Next: Next: Next: Next
End Sub
Press F5 or click the Run button on the toolbar and wait a couple of minutes. The macro will
report a cracked password, which is not the original one (always some combination of A's
and B's), but nevertheless it works.

Copy the protected sheet contents to another worksheet

Another way (or rather a workaround) to unlock an Excel sheet that was protected with
password is to copy its entire contents to a new sheet. Here's how:
Open the password-protected sheet.
With the cursor positioned in cell A1, press Shift + Ctrl + End to select all used cells in the
worksheet.
Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected cells.
Create a new sheet in the current workbook or in a different workbook (to create a new Excel
file, simply press Ctrl + N.
In the new blank worksheet, place the cursor in A1 and press Ctrl + V to paste the contents of
the password-protected sheet.
Notes:
This method works only if the Select locked cells and Select unlocked cells actions are
allowed in the protected spreadsheet.
If the password-protected worksheet has external links to other sheets or workbooks, you may
need to re-create those links manually.
You can use Paste Special to copy / paste the column widths so you won't need to adjust them
in the new sheet manually.