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JanetteK
Aug 31, 2020Copper Contributor
How do you reduce the number of rows and columns in Excel
I have an excel file that is too large to move around (the screen freezes consistently) There is 1048576 rows and columns to XFD I would like to remove some columns and rows to see if this has an e...
SergeiBaklan
Aug 31, 2020Diamond Contributor
You can't remove rows/columns at all, you may only hide them. That won't affect the performance. Did you clear the data by Clear All on empty regions?
JanetteK
Aug 31, 2020Copper Contributor
Thanks Sergei - I have cleared them using the Edit-Clear All.
I do have 3 tabs with 16,000 lines on each, so I guess it is just how it is. Problem is I can't even copy them to put the data in another file as it keeps saying I don't have enough memory.