How do I take a password off a Word document 2010?

How do I take a password off a Word document 2010?

Remove a password from a document

  1. Open the document and enter its password.
  2. Go to File > Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password.
  3. Clear the password in the Password box, and then click OK.

How do I break a Word document password-protected?

Word: Unlock a password-protected document

  1. Open the password-protected document in Word, if you can.
  2. Go to File > Save As, then select Word XML Document (*.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Close Word.

How do you unlock a Microsoft Word 2010 document?

Right-click the icon for one of those documents in File Explorer and choose the Properties command. In the Properties window, click Unblock, and then click Apply.

How do I remove all editing restrictions in Word?

Unlock a protected document

  1. On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click Protect Document, and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing.
  2. In the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane, click Stop Protection.

Can Word be hacked?

A nasty new exploit means that simply opening a compromised Word document can cause huge damage to your system. A recently discovered bug in Microsoft’s proprietary MSHTML browser engine gives hackers remote code execution in all versions of Windows.

Can a password protected Word document be hacked?

Due to the encryption of a document protected by a password to open it, a hacker needs to decrypt the document to get access to its contents. To provide improved security, Microsoft has been consistently enhancing the Office encryption algorithm strength.

How strong is Word encryption?

How secure is the encryption? The encryption in Microsoft Office 2016 is considered safe (AES with 256-bit key) and takes a very long time to break with today’s machine resources if the password is secure enough. See the Username and Password page for more information on how to make secure passwords.