If you have sensitive data you'd like to keep from prying eyes in a Microsoft Excel file, the easiest way to protect it is with Excel's built-in password tools.

There are several options available to you to protect your Excel file with a password. Remember that once you protect the Excel file, you cannot open it without entering the password.

Whether you use the Excel apps on Windows and Mac or Excel web on a Chromebook, check the top ways to password-protect an Excel spreadsheet.

To remove protection from the spreadsheet, open it in Excel, click the "Review" tab and then click "Unprotect Sheet" in the Changes group. Type the password into the Password field and click "OK." ...

To remove password protection from Excel, you need to open the spreadsheet and go to the File > Info section. Then, click on the Protect Workbook option and select the Encrypt with password option ...

You worked hard to put that Excel sheet together, now protect it from unintended damage.

To lock your cells in Microsoft Excel, you just need to head into the program's "Protection" tab. Locking a cell in Excel will make it so viewers can't change the data inside of that cell, which ...

Password-Protected Macros Open the Excel worksheet where you wish to place the macro and then activate the Visual Basic for Applications options by turning on the Developer tab.