Remove Excel Tables Quickly: 6 Simple Methods

Here’s a brief overview of deleting a table from Excel. Let’s see the steps in more detail.

Remove a Table in Excel: 6 Easy Methods

Method 1 – Remove a Table by Converting It to Range

Consider a dataset containing a table (B4:E9) of different project expenses. We are going to remove the table.

Steps:

• In the Excel table, select any cell.
• Go to the Table Design tab.
• Select the Convert to Range option from the Tools group.

• You’ll see a confirmation box on the screen.
• Click on Yes.

• The table is removed and converted into a range.

Method 2 – Erase an Excel Table without Formatting

Here, we have a dataset containing a table (B4:E9) of different project expenses. We are going to remove the table style from this table.

Steps:

• Select the header of the table and press Ctrl + A. This selects the whole table. We can also do this by selecting a non-header cell and pressing Ctrl + A twice. We can also select all the cells by dragging them with a mouse.

• Go to the Home tab.
• From the Cells group, select the Delete drop-down.
• Click on the ‘Delete Table Rows’.

• We see that the table is removed with all the data.

Method 3 – Remove a Table with Formatting in Excel

Let’s say we have a table (B4:E9) of different project expenses with formatting. We are going to remove the table.

A format has been applied in this table. If we simply press the Delete key after selecting the entire table, the formatting will remain.

Steps:

• Select the whole table.
• Go to the Home tab.
• From the Editing group, click on the Clear drop-down.
• Select Clear All.

• The table is removed with all of its data.

Method 4 – Use Keyboard Shortcut to Delete a Table in Excel

Steps:

• Select the whole table.
• Press Alt.
• Press the H key, which takes us to the Home tab.
• Press the E key, which goes to the Clear drop-down from the Editing group.
• Press the A key, which selects the Clear All option like in the previous method.

Method 5 – Remove Table Formatting While Keeping Data

Here, we have a dataset containing a table (B4:E9) of different project expenses. We are going to keep only data and remove the table formatting.

Steps:

• Select any cell in the Excel table.
• Go to the Table Design tab.
• From the Table Styles group, click on the more icon at the bottom-right of the style selector.

• Click on the Clear option.

• This will remove the Excel table formatting.

Method 6 – Remove a Table Using the Clear Formats Option

We can use this option for the below dataset containing a table (B4:E9) of different project expenses.

Steps:

• Select any cell in a table.
• Go to the Home tab.
• Click on the Clear drop-down from the Editing group.
• Select the Clear Formats option.

• The command removes all the formatting like alignment, number formats, etc.

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