How to Lock a Word Document With a Password
Protecting a Microsoft Word document with a password is easy due to the fact that the program itself contains its own free password feature. Here’s how to use it to lock your doc. The Microsoft Word document now requires your password to be opened.
How to Unlock Word Documents With Passwords
If you’re sending a locked Word doc to a friend or colleague, you don’t need to worry about teaching them how to manage password protected files as the Word document automatically asks for the password as soon as anyone attempts to open it. Likewise, if someone sends you a Word document with a password, the program will prompt you to enter the password right away.
How to Reset or Remove a Password From Word Documents
You can change the password or remove it entirely any time you want, but you need access to the file to do so. Here’s what you do to edit the Microsoft Word document’s password.
What to Do When You Forget the Word Doc Password
If you forget the password for your Word document and you can’t find your record of it that you wrote down when you created it, there is still a way to gain access to the file’s contents. Enter a new password in the field and click OK to change the Word doc’s password. To unlock Word documents that are protected by a password, you need to use a brute-force password recovery program. Many of these programs contain malware and require a payment to use, and a lot of them no longer work since Microsoft increased its security. A good free option is the Password Find website, which can unlock protected files directly on the site and doesn’t require the installation of any suspicious software. The unlocking process is also free and easy to use. You can also click Delete to remove the file from the site’s servers.
