Excel Password Recovery by SoftOrbits helps you get back into your own spreadsheets on your Windows PC. It lifts the sheet and workbook protection you set and later forgot, and recovers a forgotten open password on an encrypted .xlsx or a legacy .xls workbook. Everything runs locally and in batch, so financial models, payroll sheets and client data never leave your computer - no upload to an unlocking site, no account, no subscription.

How to use 1. Drag and drop your .xlsx and .xls files, or use Add Files / Add Folder for a batch. 2. Press Start - sheet and workbook protection comes off first, it is only a flag inside the file. 3. If a workbook is encrypted, the tool switches to recovery: wordlist, then human-style patterns. 4. Watch the per-file status - a simple protection job or a hard encrypted one is marked for each file. 5. Save the unprotected file, or read the recovered password and open the workbook with it.

Why choose it 1. Two jobs in one - remove protection from your own sheets, recover a forgotten open password. 2. Instant protection removal: the flag comes off in seconds, no password needed. 3. Knows the three kinds of lock - protected worksheet, locked structure, fully encrypted book. 4. Real batch work: drop dozens of workbooks or a whole folder. 5. Honest about strength - legacy .xls uses weak RC4 and opens fast, modern .xlsx is slower. 6. Dictionary and pattern attacks built around how people actually choose passwords. 7. Fully offline, which matters for payroll, pricing and client data. 8. One-time license, not a per-file credit or a subscription. 9. Runs on Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11, handles both .xls and .xlsx.

For workbooks you own or are authorized to open: your own protected sheet, an encrypted workbook you built years ago, or files left behind by a departed employee.

A private, one-time-purchase alternative to Passper for Excel and PassFab for Excel.