Feature Summary

The Clear Formatting feature allows you to remove custom formatting settings such as font, color, borders, background, and alignment from cells with a single click, while fully preserving the cell content including text, numbers, and formulas, quickly restoring cells to their default style.

Feature Description

Feature Dimension Description
Membership Restriction No membership restriction
Version Restriction No version restriction

Steps

Clear Formatting via the Ribbon

Feature Entry
「Home」tab →「Clear Formatting」

  1. Select the cell or range you want to clear formatting from (supports single, continuous, and non-continuous range selection)
  2. Click the 「Clear Formatting」 button in the 「Home」 tab
  3. The cell formatting is immediately restored to the default style, while the content remains unchanged

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Clear Formatting via the Right-Click Menu

Feature Entry
Right-click menu →「Clear」→「Clear Formats」

  1. Select the cell or range you want to clear formatting from
  2. Right-click the selected area
  3. Select 「Clear Formats」 from the pop-up「Clear」menu
  4. Formatting is cleared immediately, while content is preserved

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FAQ

Q1: Will clearing formatting delete cell content?

  • Solution: No. Clearing formatting only removes formatting settings such as font, color, borders, and background, while fully preserving text, numbers, formulas, and other content.

Q2: How do I clear both content and formatting at the same time?

  • Solution: Select「Clear」→「Clear All」 from Right-click menu, or directly press the Delete key to clear content. If you need to clear both formatting and content simultaneously, use the「Clear All」option.

Q3: Can clearing formatting remove conditional formatting?

  • Solution: Yes, it can.

Notes

  • To clear formatting for the entire sheet, you can select all content and then perform the clear formatting operation
  • In collaboration mode, the clear formatting operation will be synced in real-time to all collaborators