Unprotect a Worksheet
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If a developer needs to remove protection from a protected worksheet at runtime so that some changes can be made to the file? This can easily be done with Aspose.Cells.
Unprotect a Worksheet
Using Microsoft Excel
To remove protection from a worksheet:
From the Tools menu, select Protection followed by Unprotect Sheet. Protection will be removed unless the worksheet is password protected. In this case, a dialog prompts for the password. Enter the password and worksheet will be unprotected then.
Unprotecting a Simply Protected Worksheet Using Aspose.Cells
A worksheet can be unprotected by calling the Worksheet class' Unprotect method. A simply protected worksheet is one which is not protected with a password. Such worksheets can be unprotected by calling the Unprotect method without passing a parameter.
Unprotecting a Password Protected Worksheet Using Aspose.Cells
A password protected worksheet is one that is protected with a password. Such worksheets can be unprotected by calling an overloaded version of the Unprotect method that takes the password as a parameter.