Lord Unprotector

Lord Unprotector is a lightweight application designed to help you remove the protection from various Word and Excel documents without having to know the password.

Following a quick and uneventful installation, you are welcomed by an old-school interface designed as a wizard that can guide you through the process. It is suitable for all users, regardless of their technical skills or experience with similar tools.

The first step entails choosing the files and folders for which you want to modify the protection, an action you can do by either browsing for them or adding them with drag and drop. Depending on the type of files you want to process, you need to select the type of restriction to be removed in the second step.

The next step implies that you specify the folder where you prefer the new files to be saved. You can select a completely new directory or you overwrite the original files, if necessary. Based on the number of files you are processing – the program supports batch processing – the last step entails waiting for the app to remove the protection.

You should bear in mind that the application is not compatible with older versions of Microsoft Office, namely XP/2003 document formats. According to the developer, the tool works with files Word and Excel files versions 2007 to 2016.

It is important to note that the app does not work with encrypted files, but solely for those spreadsheets or documents that have been protected against certain changes made to them. Consequentially, the program does not work with documents that are encrypted to prevent access without a passkey.

In the eventuality that you want to access and edit various Word documents or Excel spreadsheets, but you simply forgot the password for them perhaps because you had them for a long time, then you may consider giving Lord Unprotector a try.