To protect a worksheet in Microsoft Excel, follow the steps below.
HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT CELLS IN EXCEL 2007 HOW TO
For help to select more than one cell, see: How to select one or more cells in a spreadsheet program. It means that all cells are unlocked.If necessary, you can select more than one cell to protect. Step 4: After unlocking the cells, you will see that the Unprotected Sheet option is replaced with Protect Sheet. The locked cells will unlock automatically. Step 3: Click on the Unprotected Workbook to unlock the cells so that they become editable. Here, you will see an option to unprotect the workbook in place of the "Protect Sheet". Step 2: You do not need to select any cell, just go to the Review tab in the Excel menu bar. This is our locked/protected Excel worksheet. See the screenshot below: Unlock simply locked cells Step 6: Once the cells are unlocked successfully, Unprotect Sheet option will be replaced with Protect Sheet option. Step 5: Enter the password to unlock the cells and click on the OK button. Step 4: If the cells are password protected, it will ask to enter the password. Here, you will see an option to unprotect the workbook in place of the "Protect Sheet" if the cells are locked. This is our locked/protected Excel worksheet with a password. It might be some or all cells can be locked. Step 1: Open your Excel sheet whose cells you would like to make editable again. Otherwise, the cells can be easily unlocked. If someone not aware of this locking feature, they cannot unlock the cells. Therefore, you can unlock easily without a password. Excel not ask for the password while unlocking them. These cells are simply locked cells protected without any password. So, when you unprotect the locked cells, it will not ask for any password and directly unprotect them with a single click. Sometimes, it is a disadvantage of password-protected cells if you forget the password, you cannot unlock the cells back.Īlthough you can also protect the cell without setting the password. Remember that password cannot be recovered, if you lost it. So, no one can edit them without unlocking them with the correct password. These files are more secure as they are password-protected.
Password-protected cells require a password set by the file owner while unlocking them. They can be either password-protected cells or just locked cells. Type of locked cellsĮxcel cells can be locked in two ways. For step by steps detail, follow our How to lock cells in Excel chapter. To do this, you have to first lock the target cells and then protect them to complete the locking process. By locking the cells, others users can read the file data but cannot make the changes in locked cells. Once they are locked, the cells become un-editable. This goal can be achieved by locking the target cells. Sometimes, we want to restrict the users from making changes to some specific or all cells. This chapter will describe to you how one can unlock the cells. To make the cells again editable, we have to unlock the locked and protected cells. Only then, you can manipulate the cell's data. Hence, if you want to modify any of the content or changes something in the locked cells, they need to be unlocked. It means that we lock the cells to keep the data secure from being altered by anyone. The cells need to be locked for the security reasons of data. Locked cells cannot be altered and no one can their content until they are unlocked. In Excel, when cells are locked and protected, they are not editable. Next → ← prev How to unlock cells in Excel?
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