Question

To remove conditional formatting from a range of cells, after selecting the range of cells, What should you do?

1) click Conditional Formatting, point to Clear Rules, and select Clear Rules from Selected Cells.
2) click Conditional Formatting and click Delete Rules.
3) press Backspace.
4) press Delete.

Answer 1

To remove conditional formatting, after selecting the desired cells, click Conditional Formatting, go to Clear Rules, and choose Clear Rules from Selected Cells. Backspace or Delete keys won't clear conditional formatting; they only clear cell contents.

Step-by-step explanation:

To remove conditional formatting from a range of cells in Microsoft Excel, first, you need to select the range where the conditional formatting is applied. After selecting the cells, you should follow these steps:

1. Click on the Conditional Formatting button in the Styles group on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
2. Point to Clear Rules in the drop-down menu that appears.
3. From the subsequent options, select Clear Rules from Selected Cells. This action will remove the conditional formatting from the cells you have chosen.

Pressing Backspace or Delete would only clear the content of the cells but not the conditional formatting rules. The option to click Conditional Formatting and click Delete Rules is not an available feature in Excel hence, option 1 is the correct method to clear conditional formatting rules.