How to solve the problem that Excel table is always in 'read-only status'?

The Excel table is always in "read-only status", which may be due to the file being opened by other users or the file permissions being improperly set. This problem can be solved by the following methods: 1. Check whether the file is occupied by other users; 2. Check the attributes and permission settings of the file; 3. Use the "Save As" function to save a copy. If the above method does not work, you can try copying and pasting it into a new table. These methods can usually solve the problem of Excel table read-only status, allowing you to freely edit and save the file.

If you know the password that originally set the "read-only mode", after entering the password, the Excel table can be edited normally.

But even if you don’t know the password, you can still edit it after clicking the [Read-only] option to open the Excel table. However, when closing the form, it will prompt "Cannot save with the original file name."

At this time, we only need to save Excel as a new file, rename the file name, and save it as a new file.

If you want to directly remove the "read-only mode" of the Excel table, you can also use "Save As" to remove it. First open the Excel table, obtain "read and write permissions" through the password, and then in the "Save As" dialog box, click [General Options] in the [Tools] option below (the file name can be overwritten directly without changing the original file).

You can see that in the new dialog box that pops up, [Modify permission password] has a password. Delete this line of password and turn it into a blank space. Then click [OK] to save, and the "read-only mode" of the Excel table will be removed.

Similar to "read-only mode", there is also "restricted editing", which is also a way to protect Excel tables. In this mode, you do not need to enter a password when opening the form and can be opened directly. However, when editing the form, a dialog box will pop up, prompting "The form is protected and a password is required to modify" .

The difference between "Restricted Editing" and "Read-Only Mode" is: "Read-Only Mode" does not require a password and can be released through the "Save As" method; "Restricted Editing" requires a password to be edited. If you want to remove the password You also need to enter the password first, click [Review] - [Unprotect Worksheet] on the toolbar of the Excel table, and then enter the password after the dialog box pops up to remove it.

But if you forget your password, you need to use other tools to remove the "editing restrictions" of the Excel table, such as the Pepsi Niu Excel Password Recovery Tool, which can directly remove the "editing restrictions" without a password.

Select the [Unrestriction] module in the tool, and then import the Excel table.

Tool link: Pepsi Niu Excel Password Recovery Tool

The Excel table after the restrictions are lifted will be saved as a new table. You can find it by clicking [Go to View] to open the folder.

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