I was working on an excel sheet.It got stuck once, I tried to save it & closed.But when i opened it again, most of the numbers changed to arabic number.How can i revert it?

Select the columns with Arabic numbers and set the Number Format to General or to Number.

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haroonsian

Copper Contributor

May 17, 2025

Excel suddenly changed numbers to arabic number

I was working on an excel sheet.
It got stuck once, I tried to save it & closed.
But when i opened it again, most of the numbers changed to arabic number.
How can i revert it?

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HansVogelaar
MVP
May 19, 2025
Select the columns with Arabic numbers and set the Number Format to General or to Number.