Want to Recover an Excel VBA Password – Unlock Password Protected File

Michael Scofield ~ Modified: September 18th, 2017 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading

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September 18, 2017 at 6:49 am #4928 Score: 0

Michael Scofield
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Guys, I have created my semester’s project on a VBA Excel file and secured it with a password. Now, I forgot the password and has to submit the project this week only. Is there any way to remove VBA password in .xls file? Can anyone please help me out?

September 18, 2017 at 7:31 am #4932 Score: 0

Eddie Thwan
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Hello Michael,

There is a method to crack VBA password using Hex Editor. Go through the following link to know more about it:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Know-How-To-Recover-VBA-f54555de

Feel free to ask for further help!

Regards,
Eddie

October 10, 2017 at 11:29 am #5205 Score: 0

Henry Davidson
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Hi,
To provide you with the best answer, I would like to ask that which version of Which version of the MS Excel are you using?

October 10, 2017 at 11:32 am #5206 Score: 0

Michael Scofield
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Hi Henry,

Thanks for showing interest in my query. I have used Microsoft Excel 2007 for my project.
Thank you, Eddie, actually a bit busy with exams so I haven’t gone through the article yet. Will let you know soon.

October 10, 2017 at 11:35 am #5207 Score: 0

Henry Davidson
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You will get your answer from this similar query:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1026483/is-there-a-way-to-crack-the-password-on-an-excel-vba-project

Regards,
Henry

October 10, 2017 at 11:37 am #5208 Score: 0

Mariya Beckham
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Hey Michael,

I have got an informative article describing manual solutions to recover VBA password from a password protected Excel file.
https://www.mytechlogy.com/IT-blogs/19065/know-how-to-crack-vba-project-password-without-losing-any-data

Hope this will surely resolve your query!

Best Regards,
Mariya

October 11, 2017 at 4:11 am #5222 Score: 0

Michael Scofield
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Thank you guys for the solutions. Eddie, Mariya I have gone through the blog, the solution really helped and I got the password protected VBA Excel 2007 file unlocked easily.
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