When you forgot your password for a QuickBooks document and have to recover it, QuickBooks Password is the tool of choice. QuickBooks Password decrypts lost passwords to password-protected QuickBooks files (*.qbw, *.qba). There is no way to extract the password, so brute force attack or dictionary search is required to find the original password. This may take a lot of time if the password is long and complex. Fortunately it is possible to reset the password to a known one, this can be done instantly and you can open your document immediately. However the original password will remain unknown. The recovery methods used by QuickBooks Password are Brute Force Attack , Dictionary Attack Smart Force Attack (TM), Password Variation , Reset password.