Microsoft Word Password Recovery

You might have locked your Microsoft Word document with a password and you cannot remember the password. In such rare cases, there are many freeware softwares available to unlock the password-protected MS Word document.

Many users are successful without the use of any software with the following procedures. To unprotect, just save the Microsoft Word document as an .RTF, then uprotect it. Steps:

1) Open Microsoft Word with a new/blank page.
2) Select Insert -> File -> browse for your password protected Word Document and select “Insert.” By now, you should have inserted the password-protected document into new/blank document.
3) Now select Tools and see if you can unprotect the document.

If the above trick does not work for you, then try the programs listed below.

Word / Excel Password Recovery – You need to have .NET Framework installed for this program to work. It is very easy to use and it also has a help section on its web site. It automatically picks words from a dictionary and tries different combination to find the password.

Crackit – Using only brute-force attacks, it will recover both Microsoft Word and Excel passwords. It is a GUI utility. It does not show detailed progress.

GuaWord v. 0.9 BETA FREEWARE – This program uses brute-force or dictionary attacks to find the encrypted password. The method will only work for simple and non-complex passwords. This program is guaranteed to work as long you give it the time it needs.

Click here for more freeware softwares to unlock MS Word document.

You can also try demo/trial version such as Word Password which will show you first few words of the password. Try visiting download.com for more demo programs.