How to remove all formula references but keep values in cells in Excel?

For removing all formula references but keep values in cells, this article will show you methods to achieve it.

Remove all formula references but keep values in cells with copying and pasting
Remove all formula references but keep values in cells with only one click

Remove all formula references but keep values in cells with copying and pasting

Please do as follows to remove all formula references but keep values in specified cells in Excel.

1. Select the cells you need to remove all references, then press Ctrl + C keys, keep these cells selected, right click and select Values under Paste Options section. See screenshot:

Then you can see all formula references of selected cells are removed immediately, and only kept the cell values as below screenshot shown.

Remove all formula references but keep values in cells with only one click

Here I recommend you the To Actual utility of Kutools for Excel. With this utility, you can quickly remove all formula references but keep values in selected cells with only one click. Please do as follows.

1. Select the cells you need to remove references, then click Kutools > To Actual. 

Then you can see all formula references of selected cells are removed immediately, and only kept the cell values. See screenshot:

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