# \[SOLVED\] How to unzip file with password that I have forgotten

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**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/solved-how-to-unzip-file-with-password-that-i-have-forgotten/58642 "2019-09-22T22:05:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abd\_Elrahman\_Mahmoud](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/abd_elrahman_mahmoud/32/15406_2.png) [@Abd\_Elrahman\_Mahmoud](https://onehack.st/u/Abd_Elrahman_Mahmoud)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/solved-how-to-unzip-file-with-password-that-i-have-forgotten/58642/1 "2019-09-22T22:05:37Z")

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I have a compressed file with password on my computer and I have forgotten it as i have many passwords with many passwords and this one of them how to unzip it

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**Author:** ![liV3](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/liv3/32/23365_2.png) [@liV3](https://onehack.st/u/liV3)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/solved-how-to-unzip-file-with-password-that-i-have-forgotten/58642/2 "2019-09-23T04:07:32Z")

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Well… there is always brute-force/dictionary method  
Use JohnTheRipper/elcomsoft

First generate a password list with what you remember of the password and use it with the bruteforce tools