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How do I remove all protected range?
Select any of the protected ranges and edit the permissions, or delete the protection by clicking the trash bin icon.
How do I delete multiple protected ranges in Google Sheets?
How to Unlock a Worksheet in Google Sheets
- Step 3: Select the Protected sheets and ranges option.
- Step 4: Click the Show all protected ranges button in the column at the right side of the window.
- Step 5: Choose the protected sheet that you want to unprotect.
- Step 6: Click the trash can icon at the top of the column.
How do I unprotect a range in Google Sheets?
(Optional) To unprotect cells in a protected sheet:
- Check the Except certain cells box.
- Click Select data range .
- In the spreadsheet, highlight the range you want to unprotect and click Ok.
How do I change protected range?
Protect, hide, and edit sheets
- Open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
- Click Data. Protected sheets and ranges.
- Click Add a sheet or range or click an existing protection to edit it.
- To protect a range, click Range.
- Click Set permissions or Change permissions.
- Choose how you want to limit editing:
- Click Save or Done.
How can I unlock a protected sheet?
On the Home tab, click the Format Cell Font popup launcher. You can also press Ctrl+Shift+F or Ctrl+1. In the Format Cells popup, in the Protection tab, uncheck the Locked box and then click OK. This unlocks all the cells on the worksheet when you protect the worksheet.
How do I remove a protected sheet?
Go to File > Info > Protect > Unprotect Sheet, or from the Review tab > Changes > Unprotect Sheet.
What is a protected range in Google Sheets?
Protected Ranges allows you to select a range of cells and choose which collaborators have permission to edit those cells, and which collaborators should only be able to view those cells.
How do you edit a protected Excel file?
Unprotect an Excel worksheet
- Go to File > Info > Protect > Unprotect Sheet, or from the Review tab > Changes > Unprotect Sheet.
- If the sheet is protected with a password, then enter the password in the Unprotect Sheet dialog box, and click OK.
How do I change a protected range in Excel?
To add a new editable range, click New. To modify an existing editable range, select it in the Ranges unlocked by a password when sheet is protected box, and then click Modify. To delete an editable range, select it in the Ranges unlocked by a password when sheet is protected box, and then click Delete.
How do I get rid of protected cells in Excel?
Select the whole worksheet by clicking the Select All button. On the Home tab, click the Format Cell Font popup launcher. You can also press Ctrl+Shift+F or Ctrl+1. In the Format Cells popup, in the Protection tab, uncheck the Locked box and then click OK.
How do you delete an editable range in Excel?
To delete an editable range, select it in the Ranges unlocked by a password when sheet is protected box, and then click Delete. In the Title box, type the name for the range that you want to unlock. In the Refers to cells box, type an equal sign (=), and then type the reference of the range that you want to unlock.
How do you lock a range in Excel?
To lock cells or ranges, select them in a usual way by using the mouse or arrow keys in combination with Shift. To select non-adjacent cells, select the first cell or a range of cells, press and hold the Ctrl key, and select other cells or ranges. To protect columns in Excel, do one of the following: