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spauwer
Mar 15, 2022Copper Contributor
How to clear formatting in all un-used cells in Excel
 Example:  Someone highlighted the row, added formatting, now rows K - end of time have lines in them.  Same for columns.  When I find the end of the  
HansVogelaar
Mar 15, 2022MVP
Select all unused rows, then right-click in the selection and select Delete from the context menu.
Do the same for all unused columns.
- spauwerMar 17, 2022Copper ContributorThank you. How do you select all unused rows? When I select the end of the document (CTRL-End), it takes me to the last row of my used cells. - HansVogelaarMar 17, 2022MVPSelect the first unused row. Then press Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow. Delete the selected rows. Select the first unused column. Then press Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow. Delete the selected columns. - spauwerMar 17, 2022Copper ContributorPerfect. Thank you.
 I was not doing this from the first unused place.