Three Ways To Edit A Protected Excel File

You may have come across Excel files that are protected i.e files that can’t be edited by you since the original creator protected it. But there are situations where you really want to edit something in that file, so how do you go about it? Here are three ways to edit a protected file.

1. Upload Files To Google Docs

Uploading the Excel file to Google docs will simply unlock the file. You can then save it under a different name and then download it. Sometimes, the alignment may have been disturbed it. You have to realign them manually.

2. Upload File To Zoho Sheets

Just like Google Docs, Zoho also unlocks the file as soon as you upload it and it also gives users a few more features, like the ability to edit spreadsheets stored in SharePoint. You can follow the same process as above to unlock the file. Zoho retains the originality of the file but the fonts appear different.

3. Unlock With Ensode

Ensode has a pretty bad website but it does get the job done better than the above two. Navigate through all those ads and whatnots and at the bottom of the page, upload your file and agree to the terms of use. You can then download the unlocked file and get on working with it. It retains the file as it is without changes.

-Ronak Pandya