With that, the cached Excel files are wiped away easy. While you're in the Cache Settings, you can also use the options there to control how long Excel holds onto cached files for.

For Microsoft Windows users who need to remove security provisions from an Excel file, follow these steps: Open Excel on your computer. Select the Excel file you want to unprotect.

If your Excel file has a text or image watermark and you do not want it on the printed copy of your Excel sheet, you can remove it!

Removing hidden metadata information from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is not difficult if you follow the steps laid out here.

Open Microsoft Excel, then click "File" and open the document containing the named range you want to delete. Click the "Formulas" tab and click "Name Manager" in the Defined Names group.

How to delete a file being used by another program Here are some practical ways to dodge the pop-up and delete files that are in use by a program on your Windows PC.

Deleting rows from a large filtered range in Microsoft Excel can take a long time, temporarily place the program into a "not responding" state, or—in a worst-case scenario—cause Excel to crash ...