Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web
  1. On the Review tab, select Manage protection button Protect Sheet.

  2. Choose what to allow users to do, enter a password, and select OK.

  3. Enter the password again, and select OK.

To Unprotect the sheet, go to Review, choose  Manage protection button Unprotect Sheet, enter the password, and select OK.

For more info, see Lock or unlock specific areas of a protected worksheet.

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