How to use Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard to recover Word, Excel password

Recover Word, Excel passwords with Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard simply and quickly. Suitable for office workers, businesses and individuals who want to regain access to locked documents.

How to recover password using Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard

Step 1: Open the software

- Launch Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard from the Desktop or search for it in the Start Menu.
- The Welcome window will appear, providing information about the software. Click Next to continue.

Step 2: In Select a password protected file:  click Browser to open a Word or Excel file protected by password recovery.
Click Next

Step 3: In the next window, there are 2 main modes for you: Dictionary Attack and Brute Force Attack

* Dictionary Attack: Used if you already have a Text file containing the password of this Word or Excel file along with many passwords of other files.
When choosing this mode, you should check all 4 items in the Recovery options section . In the Select a wordlist
section , select the folder path containing the Text file containing the necessary passwords by clicking Browse. Click Next

Click Go .

* Brute Force Attack: Use when you have no idea about the password in the Word or Excel file, meaning there is no password list.
When choosing this mode, there are main options:
- Characters : Narrow the password search scope by selecting the number of words in the password (0-9 characters) or by characters (az), search by uppercase or lowercase letters, special characters.
- From (length) : Number of characters that can be in the password
After setting up --> click Next

Click Go to start the password recovery process.

Alternative solution

If Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard does not work as expected, you can refer to other software  to find and remove passwords for Word and Excel files  such as:

- PassFab for Excel & Word
- Stellar Phoenix Word Password Recovery
- Excel Password Remover

David Pac

Update 18 February 2025