Take out PII in spreadsheet

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hi everyone my name is kevin today i want to show you how you could password protect an excel spreadsheet why would you want to do that well maybe you have a spreadsheet that has sensitive information maybe you have financial data and you donamp;#39;t want other people to access it put a password on it and thatamp;#39;ll prevent other people from entering unless they know the password uh and as full disclosure before we jump into this i work at microsoft as a full-time employee all right enough talk letamp;#39;s jump into it here i am on my pc and i have the latest version of excel that comes with office uh 365. if you have a recent version like 2019 2016 2013 or any version before the password production uh protection capability has been there for a while so you should be able to do this but i canamp;#39;t guarantee anything because iamp;#39;m just on the latest version all right well letamp;#39;s open up excel and oh i have important financial data in this sheet this is an inco

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How do I remove Personal Information in an Excel sheet?

On the Excel menu, click Preferences. Select the Remove personal information from this file on save check box. Save the workbook. Help protect your privacy - Microsoft Support Microsoft Support en-us office Microsoft Support en-us office

How do you edit metadata in Excel?

Click the File tab. Click Info to view the document properties. To add or change properties, hover your pointer over the property you want to update and enter the information. Note that for some metadata, such as Author, youll have to right-click on the property and choose Remove or Edit.

How do I remove metadata from an Excel?

Remove metadata from several documents Open the folder with Excel files in Windows Explorer. Highlight the files you need. Right-click and choose the Properties option in the context menu. Switch to the Details tab. Click on Remove Properties and Personal Information at the bottom of the dialog window.

How do I remove pii from Excel?

Video: Remove personal data from files Open the document that you want to inspect for hidden data and personal information. Select File Info. Select Check for Issues Inspect Document. Select the types of content that you want to inspect, and then select Inspect. Review the results. Video: Remove personal data from files - Microsoft Support Microsoft Support en-us office Microsoft Support en-us office

How to get rid of metadata in Excel?

In Document Inspector, select or clear the options (as described below) to remove or save. Select Inspect. Review the inspection results, and select Remove All on any items to delete. For caveats and info on removing information, see Use the Document Inspector. Remove hidden data and personal information by inspecting Microsoft Support en-us office Microsoft Support en-us office

How do I completely remove metadata?

Right-click on the file. View its Properties. If there is metadata that you would like to remove, select the Details tab. Click Remove Properties and Personal Information.

How do I remove embedded data in Excel?

To simply remove an embedded file or object, select it and press Delete. To verify the issue is resolved, click File Info Check for Issues, and click Inspect Document.

How do you remove properties and Personal Information in Excel?

Right-click and choose the Properties option in the context menu. Switch to the Details tab. Click on Remove Properties and Personal Information at the bottom of the dialog window. Select Remove the following properties from this file. How to view, change, remove Excel document properties - Ablebits.com Ablebits.com office-addins-blog excel-do Ablebits.com office-addins-blog excel-do

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