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This How.com.vn teaches you how to remove a formula from a cell in an Excel spreadsheet on a computer if Excel automatically turns your cell into a formula.
Steps
Open the Excel document you want to edit. Find and double-click the Excel document on your computer to open it.
Click the formula cell you want to edit. This will select the cell, and show the formula in the formula bar at the top of your spreadsheet.- You can find the formula in the formula bar below the toolbar ribbon, next to the "fx" icon near the top-left.
Click the formula bar next to the "fx" icon at the top. You can find it below the toolbar ribbon near the top-left corner. Clicking here will allow you to edit the formula.
Delete the "=" at the beginning of the formula. Excels automatically turns all cells that begin with a "=" sign into a formula. Deleting this sign at the beginning will remove the formula from the cell.- Delete the entire cell to get rid of the formula and the text or numbers in the cell.
Press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard. This will apply your edits, and remove the formula from the selected cell. You can now see the text contents of the edited cell on your spreadsheet.Advertisement
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1. Open the Excel document.
2. Click the formula cell.
3. Click the formula bar next to "fx" at the top.
4. Delete the "=" at the beginning of the formula.
5. Press Enter or Return on your keyboard.
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