ZIP file: Forgot password - what to do?
If you forget the password for a ZIP file, it is not necessarily lost. This practical tip explains how you can still open the file.
How to open a ZIP archive if you forgot your password
Encryption passwords are essential in many areas. The disadvantage is that you have to remember many different passwords over time. It can happen that one or the other is no longer available. If you no longer remember the password of a ZIP archive, you can crack it with a practical tool:
- The "Advanced Archive Password Recovery" program helps with forgotten passwords. Download it to your PC and install it.
- After you have started the program, click on the "Open" button at the top left and select the desired ZIP archive.
- Under the "Area" tab you can now make the tool easier and thus speed up the search. If you remember, for example, that the password does not contain any special characters or is shorter than ten characters, you can tick or remove the appropriate checkmark here.
- If you then click the start button, the tool starts working.
- You may have to wait a long time for a result - sometimes even days. That depends on the quality of the password: simple passwords crack the tool in seconds, more difficult ones take time.
- With the free demo version you can only decrypt passwords with a maximum length of four characters. If the password is longer, you have to buy the full version for 50 euros.
