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How to improve performance of my Excel sheet ?

I have an excel sheet with 8 to 10 Tabs of which only two tabs have <3000 rows. But almost 15-20 colummns use functions such as XLOOKUP, SUBTOTAL and IF. There are no other math functions being used. Number of threads is set at 10. But still it takes…

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asked 2026-02-07T06:14:19.76+00:00
Annapurna, Aruna (Cognizant) 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-09T14:09:38.51+00:00
Liora D 10,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why do we not have full Excel for IOS in 2026?

It is 2026 can we get full version of excel for IOS already I can use my IPad Pro for 99% of my job but I can’t run a simple report with Macro’s. These machines can more than handle the load why do we still have a mobile phone version of excel ?

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asked 2026-01-30T19:46:27.3766667+00:00
Nicholas Miller 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-08T08:54:23.1833333+00:00
kagiyama yutaka 160 Reputation points
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Microsoft 365 excel on ipad drop down list has stopped allowing a selection from list to be entered to cell

An excel file we created on desktop and access via microsoft 365 on our ipad has suddenly stopped allowing you to select an item from drop down list. The list displays and when you type part of the word, only these items show which is all as it should…

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asked 2025-12-23T14:36:53.36+00:00
Sandy Adams 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T12:57:36.5733333+00:00
Daniel-Vo 3,085 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Since recent IOS update why do the drop downs not open or work in excel?

Prior to doing the latest IOS update all my drop downs within an excel sheet worked perfectly and since the update they no no longer work, arrow appears but they won’t open to be able to make a selection. I have verified with my coworker who has not…

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asked 2026-01-27T02:03:45.1+00:00
Jamie Soanes 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T07:04:13.59+00:00
AlexDN 10,025 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I inadvertently saved an Excel file as another existing file name. Can I recover the overwritten Excel file?

I inadvertently saved an Excel file (Inventory - Allegheny Plum.XLSX) as another existing file name. Can I recover the overwritten Excel file : Bostwick Sales.XLSX?

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asked 2026-01-17T01:01:00.4066667+00:00
James McCartney 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-20T01:39:56.0033333+00:00
Viego An 8,720 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Select visible cells only in excel on ipad

On a PC it is very easy to select only visible cells which is really convenient for quickly seeing the sum of visible cells or copying and pasting visible cells. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to select only visible cells on my ipad and it is…

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asked 2026-01-19T17:26:44.1233333+00:00
Cort Naab 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-19T21:44:30.2866667+00:00
Hendrix-C 11,300 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I cannot Activate Microsoft 365 to create and edit in excel - read only

As the title says - I cannot Activate Microsoft 365 to create and edit in excel - read only, even though I have a M365 account. I can create and edit with a sharepoint link but not on the desktop app.

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asked 2026-01-14T20:13:54.7933333+00:00
LouisR 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-15T20:36:31.9333333+00:00
Ryan-N 10,210 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Display Bug in Excel app for ios

i am using iphone 16 pro running the latest ios 26.2 with the latest versions of apps installed. I noted that if i have an excel spreadsheet in the onedrive, and open it with excel app, the tab names are not displayed in the lower part of the screen. I…

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asked 2026-01-09T08:52:27.3033333+00:00
Lenny Li 31 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-10T14:33:52.58+00:00
Demi-N 11,905 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Unhiding excel worksheets. What has replaced the method where excel users could right-click on the list of Sheets and, by consecutively pressing the first letter of the sheet names with intervals, switch the selection state among sheets with the same ini

Unhiding excel worksheets. What has replaced the method where excel users could right-click on the list of Sheets and, by consecutively pressing the first letter of the sheet names with intervals, switch the selection state among sheets with the same…

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asked 2025-12-29T18:30:55.1766667+00:00
Wendell Plain 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-30T20:31:37.98+00:00
Kai-L 9,970 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Filtering a Pivot Table in Excel Mobile

Did the Excel Mobile app remove the capability to use the search function in pivot table filters? Every time I try to click the filter and search (the list of items to filter by is very large), the filter kicks me out. It does not allow me to type, or…

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asked 2025-12-09T01:11:32.2766667+00:00
Kate S 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-11T05:53:28.5133333+00:00
Vivian-HT 11,710 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

shared workbook in excel not working on an ipad

I have been sharing excel workbooks with my employees and they have been able to edit them on any device they have used. I recently got an iPad for one of my employees to use but when I share the workbook with them it will not allow them to edit on the…

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asked 2025-11-19T20:34:25.56+00:00
Aaron Green 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-24T15:12:53.53+00:00
Aaron Green 40 Reputation points
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Excel will not save changes made to a file.

Our company's supervisors cannot open a shared excel file through dropbox, and make changes in excel. This code appears, "Your file ___ wasn't uploaded because we cannot merge changes made by another user." Our supervisors work in the field…

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asked 2025-11-20T14:52:19.9+00:00
Nour Weatherspoon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-24T05:24:22.18+00:00
Darren-Ng 7,945 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Excel for IPad Pro updated 11/10/25 and no longer has the “copy/paste” function nor the “command ribbon” when highlighting a cell

After the update on 11/10/2025 the command ribbon with “copy, paste, move, cut, etc…” no longer exists and i can no longer copy and paste. This is a function that has been around since the begging of excel and needs to be put back into place. The update…

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asked 2025-11-16T16:20:37.5366667+00:00
David Abt 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-11-16T23:03:20.8866667+00:00
Hendrix-C 11,300 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Old Excel files cached on user's phones are overwriting the current file in Sharepoint.

We have an Excel file that everyone in the company edits for their daily schedule. User's update it with where they're going to be at what time. For the past couple of weeks, when a mobile user opens the sheet, the cached image of that file will…

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asked 2025-10-27T15:52:15.6033333+00:00
365 Admin 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-30T19:12:28.4666667+00:00
Ian-Ng 8,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

My excel still experiences crash even after the update, what to do?

So excel keeps crashing after the latest update, i can’t open any sheet, and whenever i’d scroll suddenly it blank, only white background without any grid. I already uninstalled and re-install, turn off wifi, airplane mode but it doesn’t work, what to…

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asked 2025-10-21T08:34:32.24+00:00
Claudia Waworuntu 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-25T10:04:12.9733333+00:00
Alina-Le 6,185 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Excel files hanging up on the iPad Pro

Excel files hanging up on my iPad Pro. Need to fix this

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asked 2025-10-20T06:40:30.8533333+00:00
Bishan Thattankandy 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-21T15:05:07.1533333+00:00
Jess-Q 7,550 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why can’t I move excel files to different folder locations on a sharepoint site in the excel app for iPhone anymore?

I could move excel files stored in a share point site to different folder locations from within the excel app for iPhone as late as 9/13/25, and now on 9/15/25 I no longer can. Now when I try to move it within my sharepoint site this is all it shows with…

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asked 2025-09-16T02:58:29.8966667+00:00
Brandon Baker 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-09-19T12:33:28.6833333+00:00
Brandon Baker 20 Reputation points
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How to directly preview and edit Excel files without manually downloading them?

Hello there; I'm writing this for my dad. He works with Excel files quite a lot, especially with macros in them, and him and his employees send the same Excel file back and forth via Outlook quite a lot (we all use Office 2016 suite at work). He told me…

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asked 2025-09-12T11:04:01.3866667+00:00
Fatma Tuana Karan 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-16T07:42:47.5033333+00:00
Tina L 11,745 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to add a column in excel for a sum total

How do I add a column in excel for a sum total? It needs to read in a numerical value.

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asked 2025-09-03T19:58:53.42+00:00
Randall Padilla 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-09-08T18:13:38.32+00:00
Chris Duong 6,390 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Faster way to check a list of unique IDs in one column

I have an Excel file where column A contains over 1000 different IDs. I have already verified 476 of these IDs and saved them in a separate file. However, I forgot to mark them in the original file to distinguish which ones were verified. Is there a way…

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asked 2025-08-28T21:49:08.03+00:00
John Walkers 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-08-30T06:23:14.34+00:00
John Walkers 20 Reputation points