We’ve all been there—staring at a locked Excel file, unable to make the edits we desperately need because the password is nowhere to be found. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether it’s an old file you ...

Microsoft Excel has several features designed to help you recover unsaved versions of spreadsheets and prevent data loss. If Excel closes before you save a file, you should see a Document Recovery tab ...

Ever found yourself locked out of an Excel spreadsheet because you forgot the password or you have been given password protected Excel files from a colleague who was left the business? It’s a common ...

Have you ever been in a place where you’ve been working on an Excel file for hours, and suddenly all of your work has been lost? It might be due to an unexpected power loss or a system crash, ...

Microsoft Excel has been one of the go-to spreadsheet apps for several decades, and it's developed an array of tricks throughout its lifetime, not just for making data entry, editing, and organization ...

If you want to remove the password from Excel, here is how you can do that. Whether you want to remove a password or unprotect a sheet, workbook, or spreadsheet, this step-by-step guide can help you ...

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You’ve spent hours working on an Excel workbook on a MacBook, but now it’s gone. Or, when you exit an Excel file, you unintentionally select “Don’t Save”. Is this to say that your entire effort has ...

That sinking feeling when you realize you saved over a version of a file you need or unwittingly lost some vital information in a recent document revision is all too familiar to many. In the past, ...

A great feature of ZIP files is that you can add a password to them as an extra layer of security. This way, if an ...

Most of us have experienced that moment when you delete a file only realize you need it back. Here's how to know when you can get that file back and how to do so. If you're unsure whether you ...