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Excel Security Warning:
Hello Everyone, I am having one strange issue. I am working on a excel which has few Power Queries and around 10 sheets. I have not created any macros. But in VBA Editor there are two VBA Projects. B...
This warning appears because your Excel file has Power Queries and hidden VBA project shells, even if no macros exist. Excel treats them as external connections, so it asks you to enable content every time. Saving as XLSX removes VBA, but Power Query can still trigger the warning on some systems. To fix it, clear all unused queries, remove any leftover connections, and resave the file as a clean XLSX. In many cases, that’s the only way to stop the warning.