Lock Cells with Formulas in Excel - Lock and Protect Cells

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Step 1: Open the sheet containing the formula to lock, select all the sheets with Ctrl + A key combination. Then right-click and choose Format Cells .

In the Format Cells dialog box, click the Protection tab, deselect the Locked item, and click OK .

Step 2: You can press Ctrl and manually select the cells containing the formula to lock, or if you may need to select all the cells containing the formula in the sheet, then select Home -> Find & Select -> Go to Special (or Ctrl + G and select Special ).

In the dialog box Go To Special you select Formulas and click OK .

Step 3 : After clicking OK , all the cells containing the formula in Sheet are selected, you just need to click Home -> Format -> Format Cells .

In the Protection tab, click Locked to lock and click OK . If you may need to hide the formula, click Hidden .

Step 4: Select Review -> Protect Sheet (or Home -> Format -> Protect Sheet ) to open the password setting dialog.

The Protect Sheet dialog box appears, enter the password in the Password to unprotect sheet and click OK .

Confirm the password and click OK .

So you locked the formulas in the sheet, to unlock you go to Review -> Unprotect Sheet (or Home -> Format -> Unprotect Sheet ) then enter the password into the Unprotect Sheet dialog and click OK to Unlock recipe.

The article on detailed instructions on how to lock formulas in Excel, you just need to follow the steps to lock the formula as you like. Good luck!