Edit password protected MS Word document

Some Microsoft Word document has editing restrictions, which is protected by password. If you want to edit the content of the document, you need the password.

Protect Word document
Protect Word document
Password protected
Password protected

What you need to do is to save the document as html format

Save as html
Save as html

 

Open html by using Notepad and delete the password inside of <w:UnprotectPassword> section.

Remove password protection
Remove password protection

Re-open the document by using MS Word. You can freely edit the Word document without inputting any password.

 

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