How do you remove only the conditional formatting from a cell and leave all other formatting intact?

To remove conditional formatting from specific cells, select the cells, click the Quick Analysis button, and click Clear Format. To remove all conditional formatting from the entire worksheet,click the Conditional Formatting button on the HOME tab, point to Clear Rules, and click Clear Rules from Entire Sheet.

How do I convert conditional formatting to normal format in Excel?

Try these general steps:

1. Load the workbook that contains your conditional formatting.
2. Save the workbook as an HTML file. (Press F12, specify the HTML format, and give the workbook a different name.)
3. Restart Excel.
4. Load into Excel the HTML file you saved in step 2.
5. Save the workbook as an Excel workbook.

How do I lock color formatting in Excel?

Locking the Background Color

1. Select the cells whose contents you want the user to be able to change.
2. Display the Home tab of the ribbon.
3. Click Format in the Cells group, and then choose Format Cells.
4. Make sure the Protection tab is displayed.
5. Clear the Locked checkbox.
6. Click on OK to close the dialog box.

How do I copy conditional formatting color only?

Copy Conditional Formatting Using Format Painter

1. Select the cell (or range of cells) from which you want to copy the conditional formatting.
2. Click the Home tab.
3. In the Clipboard group, click on the Format Painter icon.
4. Select all the cells where you want the copied conditional formatting to be applied.

Can you remove conditional formatting but keep color?

Just select the cells you want to remove the rules from, go to the Professor Excel ribbon and click on “Clear Cond. Formatt.”. Besides background colors, the “Clear Conditional Formatting” feature of Professor Excel Tools keeps all other common types of cell formatting (font colors, border, etc.).

How do I keep conditional formatting?

Re: Keeping Conditional Formatting when moving cells

1. Drag and drop the cell/s you want to move (retains formula).
2. Clear the formatting from the cells just moved (Home tab under Editing, Clear > Clear Formats).
3. Autofill the original cell/s with a cell from that has conditional formatting.

How do I lock conditional formatting?

Unlock the cells that you have conditional formatting on but want the user to modify. Then protect the worksheet, using the default lock settings shown of “Select locked cells” and “Select unlocked cells”. The cells can then be edited, but conditional formatting can’t be changed.

How do I stop conditional formatting from changing?

How do you copy the conditional formatting without copying the rules from a conditional formatted cell?

You can do it using the “Office Clipboard” Pane Press CTRL+C on the cell(s) you want to copy. Press ALT > E > S > U on the cell(s) you want the value(s) to be pasted.

How do I copy conditional formatting without changing data?

To do this, highlight the cell you want to copy, and hit the Copy button on the Home tab or Control-C, and the go to the target cell and hit the Paste button the Home tab or Control-V. But this approach will not only copy the conditional formatting rule but also copy the value, which is not required in many cases.

How do I make conditional formatting stay?

How do you keep conditional formatting when filtering?

How to keep formatting when sorting data in Excel?

1. Keep formatting when sorting.
2. Select the cell you will format, and click Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule.