The ability to lock cells or elements of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, but not the full sheet, allows maximum customization and control of a project.

How to lock cells in Excel Open the Excel workbook and select all cells in the worksheet with the cells you want to lock by pressing the Ctrl + A buttons on your keyboard.

Step 1: Select all cells in the worksheet. By default, Microsoft Excel has every single cell on a new worksheet set to lock.

Open your Excel workbook and then select the cells from where you want to remove formatting. If you want to select all cells, press the Ctrl+A hotkey.

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Protected and unprotected cells look the same in a spreadsheet. To delete all unprotected cells, you must select all of them at once, which can be easily done by using the Find and Replace feature.