
Lock or unlock specific areas of a protected worksheet
How to lock cells in Excel to protect your data. You can also unlock a range of cells and grant permissions to others to edit.
Lock cells to protect them in Excel - Microsoft Support
On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select the Alignment Settings arrow to open the Format Cells popup window. On the Protection tab, select the Locked check box, and then select OK …
Protect a worksheet - Microsoft Support
To prevent other users from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting data in a worksheet, you can lock the cells on your Excel worksheet and then protect the sheet with a …
Protect an Excel file - Microsoft Support
How to protect an Excel file using a password to prevent unwanted access to your data.
Restrict changes to files in Excel - Microsoft Support
You can use formatting and editing restrictions to prevent content reviewers from accidentally changing an Excel spreadsheet.
Protect controls and linked cells on a worksheet
On the Protection tab, select the Locked check box. If the control has a linked cell, unlock the cell so that the control can write to it, and then hide the cell so that a user cannot cause …
Lock cells to protect them in Excel for Mac - Microsoft Support
To prevent a user from accidentally or deliberately changing, moving, or deleting important data, you can lock cells and protect them. Locking cells takes two steps: adding the Lock formatting …
Protect a workbook - Microsoft Support
To protect certain areas of the data in your worksheet from other users, you have to protect your worksheet. For more information, see Protect a worksheet. To know the difference between …
Protection and security in Excel - Microsoft Support
Once sheet protection is enabled, you can protect other elements such as cells, ranges, formulas, and ActiveX or Form controls. For more information on protecting worksheets, see Protect a …
Display or hide formulas - Microsoft Support
Make cells display the formulas they contain, instead of the formula results. Protect cells so that formulas cannot be displayed or changed.