Decrypt Word Document in C#, VB.NET

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Word Decryption is a process to decode encrypted Word document. It requires a password or secret key. If readers want to open and read a protected Word, they need to decrypt this Word document firstly. This guide demonstrates an easy and convenient solution to decrypt Word in C# and VB.NET via Spire.Doc for .NET.

Spire.Doc for .NET, specially developed for programmers to manipulate Word without Word Automation, provides users a method Document.LoadFromFile(String fileName, FileFormat fileFormat, String password) of Document class to open encrypted Word document. It also provides another method Document.RemoveEncryption() to decrypt Word without any protection. Through these two methods, users can decrypt Word easily with Spire.Doc for .NET. Download and install Spire.Doc for .NET. Then follow the code to decrypt.

[C#]
using Spire.Doc;

namespace DecryptWord
{
    class Decryption
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Load Encrypted Word
            Document document = new Document();
            document.LoadFromFile(@"E:\Work\Documents\Student Transcript.docx", FileFormat.Docx,"123456");

            //Decrypt
            document.RemoveEncryption();
            
            //Save and Launch
            document.SaveToFile("decryption.docx", FileFormat.Docx);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("decryption.docx");
        }
    }
}
[VB.NET]
Imports Spire.Doc

Namespace DecryptWord
    Friend Class Decryption
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Load Encrypted Word
            Dim document As New Document()
            document.LoadFromFile("E:\Work\Documents\Student Transcript.docx", FileFormat.Docx, "123456")

            'Decrypt
            document.RemoveEncryption()

            'Save and Launch
            document.SaveToFile("decryption.docx", FileFormat.Docx)
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("decryption.docx")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Spire.Doc, professional Word component, is specially designed for developers to fast generate, write, modify and save Word documents in .NET, Silverlight and WPF with C# and VB.NET. Also, it supports conversion between Word and other popular formats, such as PDF, HTML, Image, Text and so on, in .NET and WPF platform.

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  • tutorial_title: Decrypt Word Document
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