Remove protection from MS Word
How to remove protection from a Word if you forget your password
You can remove protection from a Word that is protected, for example, from editing or printing, without any protection removal programs. So…
Open the from which you want to remove protection. Save in html format
File—> Save As ... -> File Type: Web Page.
We open the web page with a text editor. We are looking for a string with the word password.
I opened Notepad using the program, pressed the key combination Ctrl + F. It is necessary to change the code between the tags <w: UnprotectPassword> ABCDEF01 </ w: UnprotectPassword> in MS Office Word 2003 or <w: Protection w: edit = "read-only" w: enforcement = "on" w: unprotectPassword = " D218CFF4 " /> in Microsoft Office Word 2007, those that I highlighted in bold are at 4 0, like this
MS Office Word 2003 <w: UnprotectPassword> 0000 </ w: UnprotectPassword>
Microsoft Office Word 2007 <w: Protection w: edit = "read-only" w: enforcement = "on" w: unprotectPassword = " 0000 " />
2-step. Open the html file with MS Office Word and unlock using an empty password.
Tools—> Options—> Security—> Unprotect
that is, nothing needs to be written in the password field (must be left blank)

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