Excel can be a powerful tool for organizing and managing data, but it can be difficult to hide row and column headers when you don’t want them to appear onscreen. Here are four ways to show and hide row and column headers in Excel:

  1. Use the Format Cells command. This option is available in the Home tab of the ribbon, under the Cells group. You can use this command to change the formatting of all the cells in a worksheet, or just specific cells that you want to hide row and column headers from view. To display row and column headers again, simply select the cells that you want to format, and then click the Format Cells button again.
  2. Use conditional formatting. This type of formatting is available in most versions of Excel, and it allows you to apply different colors or styles to different parts of a worksheet based on certain conditions that you specify. For example, you could use conditional formatting to show or hide row and column headers based on whether or not a cell contains data. To set up conditional formatting in Excel, first select the cells that you want to format, and then click the Conditional Formatting button on the Home tab of the ribbon. (You can also access this button by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F.) In the Conditional Formatting dialog box that appears, click the Rules tab, and then select Row And Column Headers From The List Of Condition Types That Appear Below The Rule Area box. (If there are no condition types listed below this box, then conditional formatting isn’t currently enabled.) Finally, specify which columns or rows should be affected by your condition(s), and then click OKto apply your changes.
  3. Use hidden columns/rows mode . This option is available in most versions of Excel as part of its Advanced Editing features (which are described in more detail later in this article). When hidden columns/rows mode is enabled, Excel hides all rows except for those ..

The headers (numbered rows and lettered columns) in Excel worksheets make it easy to view and reference your data. However, there may be times when the headers are distracting and you don’t want them to display. They are easy to hide and we’ll show you how.

Open the Excel workbook containing the worksheet on which you want to hide the headers. You can activate the worksheet you want by clicking the appropriate tab at the bottom of the Excel window, but you don’t have to. You’ll see why later.

Click the “File” tab.

On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left.

On the “Excel Options” dialog box, click “Advanced” in the list of items on the left.

Scroll down to the “Display options for this worksheet” section. If you activated the worksheet for which you want to hide the headers, it’s displayed in the drop-down list on the section heading bar. If not, select the worksheet you want from the drop-down list.

NOTE: All worksheets in all open workbooks display in the drop-down list. You can select a worksheet from any open workbook.

Click the “Show row and column headers” check box so there is NO check mark in the box.

Click “OK” to accept the change and close the “Excel Options” dialog box.

The row and column headers are hidden from view on the selected worksheet. If you activate another worksheet, the row and column headers display again. You can only hide the headers in one worksheet at a time, not all worksheets at once.

Note that Excel does not allow you to show or hide just the row headers or just the column headers. Both the row and columns headers are either displayed or hidden.

You can also hide comments, formulas, overflow text, and gridlines in Excel, as well as hide the worksheet tabs, worksheets, and even entire workbooks.