Easily add a password to your Microsoft Excel, Word, or PowerPoint files to prevent anyone from opening them. Works with Microsoft Office 365, Office 2016, Office 2013, and Office 2010 for Windows.
Got a private diary entry, financial sheet, or important work presentation you don’t want anyone else to see? Microsoft Office allows you to add passwords to your Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations to prevent nosy family, friends, and criminals from accessing your private information.
Open the Microsoft Office file you want to protect
Click File
Click Info
Click Protect Document
Click Encrypt with Password
Enter a password and click OK
Confirm your password and click OK
This will add a password to your Microsoft Office file to prevent anyone else from opening it. (Need help creating a secure password? See our password tips.)
Important: Don’t forget your password, or you’ll be locked out of your file forever! Not even Microsoft can help you recover a forgotten password.
Open your password-protected Microsoft Office file
Click File
Click Info
Click Protect Document
Click Encrypt with Password
Delete your password and click OK
This will remove the password from your Microsoft Office file and allow anyone to open it.
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