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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

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:
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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:
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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


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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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