How to clear table formatting style without losing table data in Excel?
Sometimes you may need to clear the table formatting style from a table but reserve table data in Excel. Apart from copying the table and pasting as values, this article will introduce a couple of ways to clear/delete table formatting style without losing table data in Excel.
- Clear table formatting style without losing table data by Convert to Range feature
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Clear table formatting style without losing table data by Convert to Range feature
Actually we can apply the Convert to Range feature to remove table formatting style from a table easily. Please do as follows:
1. Select any cell in the table you will clear table formatting from to activate the Table Tools, and then click Design > Convert to Range. See screenshot:
Note: You can also right click any cell in the table, and then click Table > Convert to Range from the right-clicking menu. See screenshot:
2. In the popping up Microsoft Excel dialog box, please click the Yes button.
And now you will see the table formatting style has been removed/cleared from original table. However, original table’s fill color, font color and other formatting styles are reserved. See screenshot:
Clear table formatting style without losing table data by Kutools for Excel
If you need to remove all table formatting styles, including fill color, font color, etc. from a table, you can try Kutools for Excel’s Clear All Cells Formatting utility.
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1. Select the entire table that you will remove the table formatting style from, and click Kutools > Format > Clear All Cells Formatting.
Now you will see all table formatting styles, including the fill color and font color are removed from original table as below screenshot shown:
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Demo: Clear table formatting style without losing table data
Easily remove table formatting and convert a table to 3-columns list in Excel
Kutools for Excel’s Transpose Table Dimensions utility is designed to convert between two-dimensional table and one dimensional list in Excel. For a table, this utility will convert it to a 3-columns list without retaining tale formatting.
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