Step 4: Make your settings, such as choosing one type of attack from Brute-force, Mask and Dictionary for the password recovery speed to be faster. Step 3: Add your password-protected file to this program by clicking the 'Open File' button. Tips: If you select a tool by mistake, just click the Back button in the upper left corner to go back to the last page. For example, if you forgot Word document open password and want to recover it, you can choose 'Word Password Recovery'. Step 2: Now, choose the password recovery tool from the list, depending on which password you need to recover. Step 1: If you want to recover document open password for Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook, ZIP, RAR, or PDF document, click the first option labeled 'Recover Passwords for Files and Archives'. Part 1: Recover passwords for files and archives.