Can the password of ZIP archive be canceled?

php editor Zimo pointed out that the password of the ZIP compressed package cannot be canceled under normal circumstances. Password protection is to ensure the security of files and prevent unauthorized access. If you forget your password, you can try to use some decryption tools to crack it, but success is not guaranteed. Therefore, you must remember or back up the password when setting it to avoid decompression difficulties in the future.

Let’s talk about it in two situations.

If you no longer need to password-protect your files and want to eliminate the need to enter a password every time, you can try the following methods.

First, select the ZIP archive and right-click [Open with], then click [Windows Explorer];

The compressed package will then be opened, and when you see the files in the compressed package, right-click the empty space of the folder and select [Delete Password];

After the password dialog box pops up, enter the originally set password in the blank field and click [OK] to start deleting the password.

After completing the above operation, the file with the deleted password will be saved as a new file, and the old file will still exist. Therefore, you will see two sets of identical files in the folder. One group is a file with a password that requires a password to be opened. The other group is a file with the password deleted and can be opened directly.

We can also use decompression software to remove passwords.

The following is the decompression software used by the editor that can directly delete the ZIP password. After opening the ZIP compressed package through the software, click the [Password] option on the interface. When the dialog box pops up, select [Clear existing password], and then click [ Sure】;

After the password dialog box pops up, it is the same. Enter the originally set password in the blank column and click [OK]. The password of the ZIP compressed package will be deleted.

If you are using the more common WinRAR or 7-Zip decompression software, since there is no "remove password" function, the password cannot be removed directly. We need to decompress the file and then compress it into a compressed package without a password.

It should be noted that whether you use WinRAR or 7-Zip software to decompress the compressed package, you need to enter the originally set password to decompress successfully.

Let’s talk about the second situation, that is, you want to cancel the password because you have forgotten the originally set password, and you want to remove the password. What should you do?

Judging from "Situation 1", the decompression software can be used to delete the password if the password is remembered. That is, the password cannot be deleted if the password is forgotten. This situation needs to be solved with the help of tools.

Take the Pepsi Niu ZIP password recovery tool as an example. Although it cannot delete the forgotten ZIP compressed package password, it can help us retrieve the password.

The tool provides 4 retrieval methods. After importing the ZIP compressed package into the tool, select one or more methods and follow the prompts.

Tool link: Pepsi Niu ZIP password recovery tool

Then, wait for the password to be retrieved.

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