Find cells that contain formulas

Applies To
Excel 2024 Excel 2021 Excel 2019 Excel 2016

Suppose you need to change some formulas in a hurry, but you're new to the workbook and you don't know where the formulas are. Here's how to find them.

  1. Select a cell, or a range of cells.
    If you select one cell, you search the whole worksheet. If you select a range, you search just that range.
  2. Click Home > Find & Select > Go To Special.
  3. Click Formulas, and if you need to, clear any of the check boxes below Formulas.

Options for finding formulas in the Go To Special box

4⁠.   Click OK.

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