Can I password protect an Excel file from being opened?

Open the sheet or workbook that you want to protect. On the Review tab, click Protect Sheet or Protect Workbook. In the Password box, type a password, and in the Verify box, type the password again. Choose any other protection options you want and click OK.

How do I protect a worksheet from being viewed?

Lock an Excel Sheet For Viewing

  1. Right-click the sheet you want to protect (in this example, Sheet1), and click Hide.
  2. Now, protect the workbook. In the Ribbon, go to Review > Protect Workbook.
  3. Enter a password, and press OK.
  4. Reenter the password to confirm and click OK.

How do I password protect an Excel spreadsheet that is read only?

Read-only Workbook

  1. Click on the Tools button and click General Options.
  2. In the Password to modify box, enter a password and click OK.
  3. Note: If you only want to recommend users to open the Excel file as read-only, without protecting it, don’t enter a password and check Read-only recommended.

Is it possible to prevent someone from opening your workbook?

Workbook-level: You can lock the structure of your workbook by specifying a password. Locking the workbook structure prevents other users from adding, moving, deleting, hiding, and renaming worksheets. For more information on protecting workbooks, see Protect a workbook.

What is the difference between protecting a workbook and protecting a worksheet?

Amongst other things, Workbook protection allows you to prevent deletion, moving and hiding/ unhiding of worksheets. Worksheet protection allows you to lock cells, prevents modification of data validation and formats etc etc.

How do you lock an Excel sheet from editing?

Protect a Worksheet from Editing Click on the “Review” tab on the main Excel ribbon. Click “Protect Sheet.” Enter the password you would like to use to unlock the sheet in the future. Re-enter the password you made to confirm that you remember it and then click “OK.”

How do I make an Excel File read only open by another user?

Click the File menu, and then click Passwords. In the File Passwords dialog box, select the Read-only recommended check box, and click OK. Close the workbook. The next time the workbook is opened, a message will ask if you want to open as read-only.

Can you lock an Excel sheet from editing?