#Mac excel file is locked for editing password

Then just opening the excel file is a difficult thing, not to say removing read only mode in excel file.

#Mac excel file is locked for editing password

Probably your excel file is also protected with open password now besides above edit restrictions. Save excel file and read-only mode would be removed from excel file.Д«ut if you donвЂ™t know protected password, disabling read only in Excel file would be a little difficult unless you could find a utility to directly remove password protection from excel workbook, such as iSunshare Workbook Unprotect Genius, which could directly and easily remove worksheet/workbook protected password with only one click.

Click Protect WorkbookВ in the same location and type password to unprotect workbook structure and windows.Д¤. Click Unprotect Sheet under Review > Changes group, and enter password to unprotect sheet one by one.ДЈ. Open your excel file in MS Excel and you can view all worksheet and its content.Дў. If you know the password that protect worksheet and workbook, remove read only in excel file would be so easy.ДЎ. While your excel file is read only and you know it is because worksheet and workbook structure is protected, it will be easy or difficult to disable read only. Case 4: Worksheet and Workbook structure is locked and read only Click OK to save excel file to replace the read-only one. Click File > Save As, and click Save button in pop-up Save As dialog.Дў. It seems you cannot do any changes on it, but you can save the read-only excel file as another one to remove modify password. While you are trying to open excel file that is restricted modify, and a password is required for write access, instead of entering password, please just click вЂњ Read OnlyвЂќ button to open excel file as read only. Case 3: Excel file is restricted modify and read only It means you have disabled read-only in Excel file. From then on, the copied Excel file would be not read-only and could be used instead of original one. Back to Save As dialog and click вЂњ SaveвЂќ button to make a copy of original excel file. Uncheck вЂњ Read-only recommendedвЂњ and click OK.ДЈ. Then click вЂњ Tools > General OptionsвЂќ in Save As dialog.Дў. Now if you make any changes on the excel file, and want to save, there would be a message that prompts you again to save a copy of the file and rename it.ДЎ. When a dialog appears and shows three options for you to choose after you double click the read-only excel file, just click вЂњYesвЂќ and you could open excel file in read-only mode. Case 2: Excel file becomes read-only recommended by вЂњSave AsвЂќ Now you have been able to edit excel file and make any changes to worksheet or workbook. To remove read only from excel file, you just need to click on вЂњ Edit AnywayвЂќВ button on message bar.

While you open an excel file that has been marked as final, you would see a message bar at the top of sheet window.

Case 4: Worksheet and Workbook structure is locked and read onlyД¬ase 1: Excel file is made read-only by вЂњMark as FinalвЂќ.

Case 3: Excel file is restricted modify and read only.Case 2: Excel file becomes read-only recommended by вЂњSave AsвЂќ.Case 1: Excel file is made read-only by вЂњMark as FinalвЂќ.Now in this article, I will list several possible cases that make your workbook and worksheet read only and introduce how we can do to remove read only status from Excel file. So that you can remove or disable read only in excel file. But I think some options you have used to set excel workbook read only, would be able to remove this setting always.

But read-only mode could be removed or disabled as you wish anytime when you want to edit excel file? Surely, read-only excel file could prevent accidental changes on it.