Delete Named Ranges

Introduction

If there are too many defined names or named ranges in Excel files, we have to clear some because they are not referenced again.

Remove Named Range in MS Excel

To remove a named range from Excel, you can follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Excel and open the workbook that contains the named range.
2. Go to the Formulas tab in the Excel ribbon.
3. Click on the Name Manager button in the Defined Names group. This will open the Name Manager dialog box.
4. In the Name Manager dialog box, select the named range you want to remove.
5. Click on the Delete button. Confirm the deletion when prompted.
6. Click on the Close button to close the Name Manager dialog box.
7. Save the workbook to retain the changes.

Delete Named Ranges using Aspose.Cells for .NET

With Aspose.Cells for .NET, you can remove named ranges or defined names by text or index in the list.

Note: If the defined name is referenced by formulas, it cannot be removed. You can only remove the formula of the defined name.

Removing Some Named Ranges

When we remove a defined name, we have to check whether it is referenced by any formulas in the file.
In order to improve performance of removing named ranges, we can remove several together.

Remove Duplicate Defined Names

Some Excel files become corrupt because some defined names are duplicated. So we can remove these duplicate names to repair the file.