How To Hide And Display Numbers In Excel

Published: 13 August 2022
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How To Hide And Display Numbers In Excel  @Brain Up 
Hide cell values
Select the cell or range of cells that contains values that you want to hide. ...
On the Home tab, click the Dialog Box Launcher. ...
In the Category box, click Custom.
In the Type box, select the existing codes.
Type ;;; (three semicolons).
Click OK.

Display or hide cell values
If you have a sheet that contains confidential information, such as employee salaries, you can hide the values of those cells by using a custom number format.

Do any of the following:

Hide cell values

When you hide a value in a cell, the cell appears to be empty. However, the formula bar still contains the value.

Select the cells.

On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab.

Under Category, click Custom.

In the Type box, type ;;; (that is, three semicolons in a row), and then click OK.

Display hidden cell values

Select the cells.

On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab.

Under Category, click General (or any appropriate date, time, or number format other than Custom), and then click OK.

Excel: Hide Values Using a Number Format
Problem: Why did you use the white font to hide those cells? Isn't there a custom number format to hide values?

Strategy: Yes. You could select the cells, press Ctrl+1, then choose Custom and type three semi-colons to hide the text in the cell.
Using ;;; will hide the cell contents.
Gotcha: While nothing will appear in the cells, if someone selects the cell, they can see the cell formula in the formula bar. If the cell contains a constant (i.e. anything other than a formula), then they will see the cell value as well.

The cells are hidden, except in the formula bar.
The other problem with this method: if the data is being used in a chart, then the labels along both axis of the chart will be hidden as well. Here is the chart before hiding the data:
Both axis have labels.
After hiding the data, the axis labels are gone.
Axis labels are hidden when the range is hidden.

Display or hide all values in a cell
Display or hide all values in a cell
Select the cells that contain hidden values or values you want to hide.
On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab.
Do one of the following:
ShowDisplay hidden values in a cell

In the Category list, click General to apply the default number format.

To redisplay a date, a time, or values that have a specific number format, select the appropriate date, time, or number format on the Number tab.

ShowHide all values in a cell

In the Category list, click Custom.
In the Type box, select the existing codes and press BACKSPACE.
In the Type box, type ;;; (three semicolons).

How to only hide part of cell value in Excel?
Select the numbers you want to hide partially, and right click to select Format Cells from context menu. ...
Then in the Format Cells dialog, click Number tab, and select Custom from Category pane, and go to enter this 000,,"-**-****" into the Type box in right section.


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