I love Excel but man… when a file takes forever to open, I start questioning all my life choices. Has anyone figured out a good way to keep files lean when they get huge?

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I think the question is more why is it huge; like is it rows upon rows of formula, links to external workbooks, are there embedded images etc. I have reduced loads of formula calculations through VBA…. In meantime, turn off automatic calculations, and only calculate manually when you need to.

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Save as an XLSB to start. The file size will shrink a ton and be faster in general to save and open

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You can keep both versions active, no need to only stick to one save file if unwanted

Bro trying to run a whole company out of a spreadsheet 🤣

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For real though

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Turn off autocalculation for formulas

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Thanks for tips

Get rid of unneeded names ranges and external references. That can get bloated depending on where you're getting your data from.

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If it’s old data you can always hard code formulas, if you know it’s not changing. For me it’s excel plugins that kill it where I need that shortcut most. If it’s too big then maybe try moving to power BI

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Yea I’m trying to move to power bi now

Use tableau or alteryx

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think through what you are retaining and if you have any empty cells that think they have data

When files get huge, it’s usually because Excel is being used as both the database and the reporting layer.

At some point, separating the data layer from the output layer makes a massive difference.

Are you storing raw historical data in the same workbook as the dashboards?

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