Remember that, with password protections removed, anyone with access to your Excel file can open, view, and edit it. If you've decided a password isn't necessary anymore, this likely isn't an issue.

If you want to set an expiration date and password when sharing Excel files online, here is how you can do that. It is possible to do both of them when using Excel Online.

At the file level, you can password protect an Excel workbook in two ways: You can determine who can get in and who can save changes.