How to remove table formatting in Excel

How to remove table formatting in Excel

To remove formatting but retain all other features of an Excel table, this is what you need to do:

1. Select any cell in your table.
2. On the Table Design tab, in the Table Styles group, pick the very first style in Light group, which is called None.
   

   Or click the More button   in the Table Styles group, and then click Clear underneath the table styles.
   

As the result, you will still have a fully functional Excel table but with no formatting:

How to clear all formatting in a table

If the above-mentioned approach has not removed all the formatting in your table, that means the remaining part is your custom format that was done manually.

To clear absolutely all formatting (both predefined and your own one), carry out these steps:

1. Click any cell within a table, and then press Ctrl + A twice to select the whole table including the headers.
2. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Clear > Clear Formats.
   

As the result, all formatting in a table is removed:

How to remove format as table in Excel (convert table to range)

In case you no longer need data formatted as a table, here's how you can remove a table format and turn it into a regular range of cells:

1. Right-click any cell in your table.
2. In the context menu, click Table > Convert to Range.
   

A prompt will show up asking if you really want to convert the table to a normal range, and you click Yes.

In the result, your data will still look very much like a table because the table style formatting is preserved. From the functional viewpoint, however, it is a usual range - all features of Excel table such as structured references, automatic expansion, inbuilt filters, etc. are gone.

For more details, please see How to undo a table in Excel.