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So you recently took over a project and as the new lead you need to change some content in a key process document. After you open the document, you find out that it is read only and protected by a password from the last guy who is no longer there…

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What??? Anyway, I realize that there are a number of reasons why you need to break read-only protection on a word doc. So before we start, please note that I take zero responsibility for these instructions. You are the master of your own actions and by proceeding, you take full responsibility of your own actions.

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Crack Microsoft Word Password Instructions

This guide covers the process of breaking the password for read-only or edit protection. If the document is encrypted, This isn’t the guide for you.

Step 1 – Establish the correct file format

This will only work with “.docx” document formats. So, if your document is saved as a 97/2003 document, click file>save-as to a word 2007, 2010 (.docx) document.

Step 2 – Disassemble your document

By default, file extensions are hidden for common document types. You will need to change your folder settings to show file extensions.

Here are some instructions that should cover Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hide-file-name-extensions#show-hide-file-name-extensions=windows-vista

UPDATE 02/25/2014: If you are using WinRAR: Open WinRAR, select menu File>Open Archive. Change the file type filter at the bottom to all files. Browse to your .docx file and click Open. Move to step 3.

Once you can see the file extension of your Word Document, change the file extension from .docx to .zip – during this process, you will get a warning that you are changing the extension. Click OK or YES to accept.

Using WinZip, WinRar, or the built in compress/decompress utility, decompress the file into its own folder.

Step 3 – Modify the Password Settings File

Open the main folder of the document>Word(folder) and locate the settings.xml file. Open this file in a text editor such as notepad. My favorite editor for Windows is Notepad++. What ever editor you decide to use, you must use a TEXT editor. Not Word, or Wordpad or MS Works – notepad is always available if you need a default.

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Method 1: Remove Password Protection

This method seems to be the most effective and removes password protection completely.

Once you locate the code:

UPDATE: 03/26/2014 – Delete the entire line as formatted like the example above. “w:documentProtection” through the end “/>” after w:salt.

Previous Recommendation:
Change w:enforcement=”1″ to w:enforcement=”0″

Save your file and move to Step 4.

Method 2: Change the Password to 123456

Only attempt this if method #1 was unsuccessful.

This article was originally written based on success breaking password protection on .docx files created in Word 2010. I recently applied these steps to a .docx created in Word 2013 and was experiencing some issues getting the password to change based on the hash values below. Be sure to try method #1 first.

Method #2 Instructions:

Once in the file, locate the line where you see:

Microsoft Word Docx File Converter

Change “w:hash” and “w:salt” to:
w:hash=”12YKM3ZX6RxHDHbA4QjcrPZ5SiA=”
w:salt=”GhD83cbaGHVwS8aGLfql5A”

After editing, save the document. Move to step 4.

Step 4: Reassemble your document

Although the default Windows file compression tool will work just fine, Winzip and WinRar are great for this task. Compress all files and folders back into an archive folder.

MAKE SURE YOUR ARCHIVE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL – NOT FOLLOWING THIS WILL MAKE IT FAIL.

If you opened your .docx file in WinRar without changing the extension to .zip: Save your changes and move to step 5.

Step 5: Open Your Document

Method #1
Your document should be free of password protection.

Method #2
In Word 2010
Click File Tab>Protect Document>Restrict Editing
At the bottom right Click “Stop Protection”

YOUR NEW PASSWORD IS 123456

Microsoft Word File Password

Please comment if you get stuck, find an improvement or have a suggestion.

FAQ's

Yes ofcourse, it can recover password from almost versions such as MS Word 97/2000/XP/2003/2007/2010/2013/2016

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