There is no longer any Conditional Formatting in the worksheet. Now if we check Manage Rules again, the list is empty. Just select 'Clear Rules' then 'Clear Rules from Entire Sheet' from the Conditional Formatting menu. You can also clear all conditional formatting rules in a worksheet in one step. When we check Manage Rules, we see that all three rules are still intact, but now are applied to the key only. On the Mac, Control-B also deletes cell contents of one or more cells. To remove conditional formatting from the table only, select the score values and choose 'Clear Rules from Selected Cells' from the 'Clear Rules' item in the Conditional Formatting menu. This shortcut will delete the contents of selected cells, leaving formatting intact. Let's undo our changes, and look at other ways to clear conditional formats. Now, if you select Conditional Formatting under Find & Select, Excel will report no cells found. Repeat this process for each rule you'd like to remove. To remove an individual rule, just select the rule and click the Delete Rule button.

You can then select Manage Rules from the Conditional Formatting menu and view the details of each rule. Excel will then select all cells that have conditional formatting applied in the current worksheet. Choose Find & Select, then Conditional Formatting.

Excel provides a convenient shortcut to select all cells with conditional formatting applied in the Find and Select menu, on the Home tab of the ribbon. In this lesson, we'll look at how to clear or delete conditional formatting rules.īefore you clear conditional formats, you might want to verify where they are currently applied.

You might want to temporarily add conditional formatting to better understand data in a worksheet, or you might want to clear all rules and start fresh.

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