How to Find VBA Project Password in Excel
In order to find the VBA project password in Excel, you can follow these steps:
- Open the Excel file that contains the VBA project for which you want to find the password.
- Go to the “Developer” tab in the Excel ribbon. If you don’t see the “Developer” tab, you need to enable it first. To enable it, right-click on the ribbon, select “Customize the Ribbon”, and check the “Developer” box.
- Once you are on the “Developer” tab, click on the “Visual Basic” button. This will open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.
- In the VBA editor, select the VBA project from the “Project” window on the left side. If you don’t see the “Project” window, you can open it by pressing “Ctrl+R”.
- With the VBA project selected, go to the “Tools” menu at the top and choose “VBAProject Properties”.
- A new window will open with the properties of the VBA project. In this window, go to the “Protection” tab.
- On the “Protection” tab, you will see an input field labeled “Password”. If a password is set for the VBA project, it will be displayed here as a series of asterisks.
- If the password field is empty, it means no password is set for the VBA project. If there are asterisks, it means a password is set, and you can note it down for future reference.
- If you want to remove the password, clear the password field and click on the “OK” button.
Example:
Let’s say you have an Excel file named “SampleFile.xlsm” which contains a VBA project with a password. By following the steps mentioned above, you would open the file, go to the “Developer” tab, click on “Visual Basic”, select the VBA project from the “Project” window, go to “VBAProject Properties”, and finally find the password in the “Protection” tab. If the password is set as “myVBApassword”, you would see it displayed as a series of asterisks. In this case, you can note down the password or remove it if needed.