Jun 7, 2023 — Once you've unlocked, you probably have enough information to start editing. You should see a tab showing the protected spreadsheet with the data in it. Jun 6, 2023 • You can still see the original Excel file if you open it manually to see, but I'd encourage you to try doing this now: Step 4: Go to File > Unlock Spreadsheet, and you'll see a list of files that are in the same folder, which you should delete now. You can delete all the unprotected worksheets you want now, but you'll find more and more once you get to this point and there might be more to unlock from other files.