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  If you know the password of your Excel file and you want to delete it, there are several ways on how to do it. Remove password from "Info" panel 1. Open the encrypted Excel file. 2. Enter the password and click OK . 3. On the upper left corner, click the File tab. 4. In the left-hand panel, click Info and Protect Workbook to open the drop-down menu. 5. Select Encrypt with Password and delete the password that appears in the text field. 6. Click OK . 7. Go to File menu and click Save . Remove password from the "Review" tab 1. Open the encrypted Excel file. 2. Enter the password and click  OK . 3. On the main ribbon menu, click the Review tab. 4. Click Unprotect Sheet and enter the password. 5. Select Protect Sheet and click OK without entering a new password. 6. Go to the File menu and click Save . Remove password using the "Save as" option 1. Open the encrypted Excel file. 2. Enter the password and click  OK . 3. Go to the File tab and select S

Use Apostrophe The easiest way to add zeros in front of numbers in Excel is to add apostrophe (‘) before zeros. This automatically converts numbers into texts so you will see a  green triangle at the top-left corner of the cell indicating an error. Click “Ignore error” to proceed. Text Formatting You can simply change the number format to text to keep the leading zeros in numbers. To do this, follow the instructions below: 1. Right-click on the cell(s) where you want to add the leading zeros. 2. Select Format cells .                                  3. The Format Cells dialog box will appear. Select Text from the category options. 4. Click OK .                                  Custom Formatting If you don't want the data to appear as text and you want to keep the number value, you may apply custom formatting. To do this, follow the instructions below: 1. Right-click on the cell(s) where you want to add the leading zeros. 2. Select Format cells . 3. The Format Cells dialog box will