Click the tab’s drop-down arrow and choose “Protect”. Now the “Protect” sidebar will open ready for you to protect a sheet but you want to “un-protect” so click “Cancel”. Now you will see the protection rule for that sheet and now you click the trash-can icon to remove the protection for that sheet.
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How do you unlock a sheet in Google Sheets?
Click the “Tools” menu, select “Protect Document,” and then click “Sheet” to unlock the spreadsheet.
How do I change protection on Google Sheets?
Protect a sheet or range
- Open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
- Click Data. Protected sheets and ranges.
- Click Add a sheet or range or click an existing protection to edit it.
- To protect a range, click Range.
- Click Set permissions or Change permissions.
- Choose how you want to limit editing:
- Click Save or Done.
How do I unprotect a WPS spreadsheet without the password?
Input the password, and then press OK. If you want to remove the password of a workbook, go to Review tab > Unprotect Workbook icon, input the password to cancel the protection.
How do I unprotect an Excel worksheet without the password?
Just do any of the following:
- Right-click the sheet tab, and select Unprotect Sheet… from the context menu.
- On the Review tab, in the Changes group, click Unprotect Sheet.
- On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format, and select Unprotect Sheet from the drop-down menu.
What does protecting a worksheet do in Excel?
To prevent other users from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting data in a worksheet, you can lock the cells on your Excel worksheet and then protect the sheet with a password.
Why can’t I protect my Google sheet?
One of those limitations is the protection tools. To protect cells/sheets, you need to convert the Excel file to a Google Sheets file. To get a Doc or Sheet version of your file, go to the File menu and select “Save as Google Sheets”. You will be able to protect the sheets/ranges within that new file.
Why can’t I protect range in Google Sheets?
You must give another user permission to edit the whole spreadsheet before you can protect a range. For example, if you want someone to only be able to edit column B, you would need to first give them permission to edit the spreadsheet, and then follow the procedure below to protect all the other columns.
How do I remove password encryption?
Removing a password from a document is a simple process, but you have to know the original password.
- Open the document and enter its password.
- Go to File > Info > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password.
- Clear the password in the Password box, and then click OK.
How do I decrypt a WPS file?
After the filepath, type a space followed by -pd “wps” -app “/yoursitename” where yoursitename is the name of the WPS website you have configured. Press Enter. The WPS Encryption key in Web. Config is decrypted.
How do I unlock a spreadsheet for editing?
If the worksheet is protected, do the following:
- On the Review tab, click Unprotect Sheet (in the Changes group). Click the Protect Sheet button to Unprotect Sheet when a worksheet is protected.
- If prompted, enter the password to unprotect the worksheet.
How do you remove protection from an Excel spreadsheet?
Open the workbook that you want to change or remove the password for. On the Review tab, click Protect Sheet or Protect Workbook. Click Unprotect Sheet or Protect Workbook and enter the password. Clicking Unprotect Sheet automatically removes the password from the sheet.
Which elements of a worksheet can be protected from accidental modification?
Explanation: Contents, Objects and Scenarios of a worksheet can be protected from accidental modification.
How do I mark my workbook as final?
To Mark a Workbook as Final
Click the File tab on the Ribbon and then click Info. Click the Protect Workbook icon in the center pane. Click Mark as Final from the list. Click OK to mark the file as final and then save it.
How do you protect a worksheet?
How to lock all the cells in an Excel worksheet
- Navigate to the Review tab.
- Click Protect Sheet. In the Protect Sheet window, enter a password that’s required to unprotect the sheet (optional) and any of the actions you want to allow users.
- Click OK to protect the sheet.
How do you let someone edit the sheet but keep them from changing specific cells they shouldn’t change?
Lock cells in Google Sheets
- Open your sheet and select the range of cells you want to lock.
- Select Data and Protected sheets and ranges.
- Give the lock a meaningful name and select Set Permissions.
- Select Restrict who can edit this range and set it to Only You or add others from the Custom option.
How do I hide formulas in Google sheets without protecting sheets?
On most standard keyboards, the grave accent key is located to the left of the number 1 key. It looks like a backward apostrophe. This key combination works as a toggle in Google Sheets, which means you press the same key combination again to hide the formulas when you finish viewing them.
What is a protected range in Google Sheets?
Protected Ranges allows you to select a range of cells and choose which collaborators have permission to edit those cells, and which collaborators should only be able to view those cells.
How do you protect sheets except certain cells?
Press the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + A to select all the cells of the sheet. Right click and choose Format cells. Go to the Protection tab and uncheck Locked option and click Ok. Now select only the cells or columns, rows that you want to protect.
How do you decrypt?
To decrypt a file or folder:
- From the Start menu, select Programs or All Programs, then Accessories, and then Windows Explorer.
- Right-click the file or folder you want to decrypt, and then click Properties.
- On the General tab, click Advanced.
- Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data checkbox, and then click OK.
How do you decrypt a message?
Decrypt messages
- Open the e-mail containing the encrypted message in ciphertext.
- Highlight the block of ciphertext.
- Open the PGP Tray.
- Select Current Window. Choose Decrypt & Verify.
- Enter a passphrase into the PGP Enter Passphrase dialog box. Click OK.
- The decrypted message will come up in a new window for you to read.