3 Free Word Password Recovery Tools
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A Word
password recovery program (also called a Word password remover, password
unlocker, or password cracker depending on its ability) is a software tool that
can be used to either discover or remove the security on a Microsoft Word file
that prevents you from opening or changing the file.
Most Word password
cracker tools fall in to one of three categories: tools that recover the
Word document open password, tools that remove the Word document open password, and [theoretically] tools that remove or recover the
Word edit restrictions password though I haven't found any free programs that
do the latter.
The huge majority of Word
password recovery programs are shareware tools that then charge money before
providing the password. However, there are a few freeware Word password
recovery, remover, and cracker programs, the best of which I've listed here:
Important: My understanding
is that the only legal use of Word password recovery programs is to remove the
security on a Microsoft Word file that you have the permission to do so on,
like a DOC file or DOCX file that
you set a password on but later forgot.
Need to
Crack a Different Kind of Password? See my
list of free password crackers for
free tools to crack Windows passwords, RAR and ZIP archives, other MS Office
file types, and more.
Free
Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard is easily the best free Word password
recovery tool available right now, assuming your goal is to recover the actual
password needed to open the Word file.
Only
Word document open passwords are recovered with Free Word and Excel Password
Recovery Wizard. The program will not remove, unlock, or crack a Word edit
restriction password. Free Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard uses a brute
force recovery method but can also use a dictionary attack if you have a
dictionary file.
Free
Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard does not work with the newer DOCX
format used by default in Microsoft Office Word 2007 and 2010. The maximum
password length that can be recovered is 8 characters.
My Test: Free
Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard recovered the 4-character Word document
open password on a DOC file in just a few seconds. However, I knew the
characters involved in the Word password and how long the password was so I
customized the brute force settings accordingly. If you don't know the
characters used or the length of the password then the Word password crack
could take much longer.
Free
Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard should work on Windows 7, Windows
Vista, Windows XP, and most other versions of Windows as well.
GuaWord,
technically Guaranteed Word Decryptor, is a freeware Word password remover
program that "guarantees" the removal of the document open Word
password no matter what the length.
GuaWord
can guarantee the Word password removal because it actually decrypts the
password directly instead of attacking the file with endless character
combinations. However, because of this never-fail strategy, this version of
GuaWord usually takes around 10 days on a fast computer to remove the Word
password. Yes, you read that correctly - 10 days.
GuaWord
will not work on Word files with encryption higher than 40-bit or with
passwords in French. GuaWord will also not work with DOCX files nor will it
crack or remove Word passwords for restricting editing.
Important: The
GuaWord website warns that there are issues with this freeware version that
makes it unsafe to use, I'm assuming they mean corruption of the original DOC
file during the password removal process. If possible, just to be safe, make a
copy of the DOC file and let GuaWord crack the copied one.
My Test: Due to
the time involved, I didn't test GuaWord all the way to the successful removal
of the password. I did, however, make sure that the program is free and usable
and should work if you choose to use GuaWord over another free Word password
tool here.
GuaWord
is a command-line tool and should work on both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of
Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
CrackIt!
is another excellent free Word password recovery tool.
CrackIt!
works much like Free Word and Excel Password Recovery Wizard only with many
less options, making the Word password cracking process very easy. Just select
an alphabet (choose the largest one if you're not sure) and then let CrackIt!
recover the Word password.
Note: CrackIt!
will not work with documents created in Microsoft Office Word 2007 and 2010
that use the newer DOCX format.
My Test: CrackIt!
recovered the 4-character Word document open password on a DOC file in just a
few seconds.
CrackIt!
was originally designed for Windows 95/98 but I had no problem making it work
in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
There Are Only 3 Free Word Password Recover Programs?
There might be more but these are all I could find. If you know
of another freeware Word password recovery or remover program, please let me know.
Most
premium Word password crackers cost from $15USD to $100USD, some more. Many of
these tools offer "free" demos or trial versions but they all have
some sort of limiting feature like a maximum 3 character password limit. There
aren't a lot of 3 character Word passwords out there so I didn't include
programs like that in my list.
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