Next time when you open the same document, you will not be prompted by the password window. Delete the Settings.XML file from the folder. Double click it and open it in Windows Explorer, navigate to Word folder.ģ. Rename the extension name of the document to Zipping, like as a ZIP compressed file.Ģ. Now, here is how to do it when password is unknownġ. The newly saved document will have no password protected. Here I am going to show you an easy way how to remove password from a Word document even if you don’t know the password to open it first.īefore I start, here is how we normally remove a password from a password-protected document in Microsoft Word.Īfter opening the document in Word, go to Save As, and click Tools in the Save As window, choose General Option.Īnd remove password from the Password to Modify box, click OK, and save the document. You may choose Read-only to view the document, but you will still need the password to unlock it to make any changes to it. A password-protected Word document is a document that you need to put in the password in order to open and modify.