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How do I remove password protection from a 2007 word document (docx)? When entering the right password I get an error message telling me the password would be wrong. But: I'm definetly sure it is right. I tried several methods like renaming it to *.htm (Unprotect a Word Document), *.zip or *.rtf but nothing helped.

Any ideas on solving this problem?

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  • Just a simple _silly_ question: can you copy all the document (CTRL-A and CTRL-C) & paste all in a new document (CTRL-C)? – Hastur Dec 15 '14 at 00:02
  • Are you able to open the file at all? As in, is it just edit protected, or do you have to enter the correct password to even open it? – music2myear Dec 22 '14 at 15:26

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Please follow the below steps.To remove passwords from MS Word.

1.Convert original word document in to Rich text format(.*rtf).

2.open that Rich text format(.*rtf) file using any of the text editor.

3.Search for "passwordhash".

4.It will display something like this.{ *\passwordhash ======}.

4.Delete the text between passwordhash and closing curely braces.

5.Then save the file and close the editor.

6.open that Rich text format file(.*rtf) using MS Word.

7.convert the ( .rtf)format in to original fromat(.docx).

8.click "stop protection" button in review tab.

Hope this helps.

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