Sheet Protection now available on iPad

We’re excited to announce that sheet protection is now available for iPad! Excel users can now pause or resume sheet protection, manage sheet protection, and edit locked and unlocked ranges just like in Excel desktop or Excel for the web.

Invoke, Pause, and Resume

Sheet protection can be activated from the sheet tab or ribbon. Click on the sheet tab with the lock icon, then select the “Protect…” option in the floating UI. Or you can go to: examine > protect To access the sheet protection feature, go to the ribbon
Then click “Pause Sheet Protection” to temporarily disable protection for the protected sheet. Click “Resume Seat Protection” to re-enable it. If you previously set a password, you will need to re-enter it to proceed.

Pause and Resume Seat Protection

Manage and allow range editing

To adjust sheet protection settings, select the “Manage sheet protection” option. This feature allows you to modify your password, adjust protection options, and add, edit or remove editing scopes.

Sheet Protection Management

effectiveness

To use this feature, install Excel on iPad version 2.90.930.0 or later.

Don’t have it yet? Probably not you, but us. Features are rolled out over time to ensure smooth operation. We’re highlighting features you may not have as they are slowly being rolled out to larger numbers of users. Occasionally we remove elements for further improvement based on your feedback. Although this is rare, we reserve the option to completely remove a feature from the product even if we have had the opportunity to try it.

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We hope you like this new addition to Excel for iPad and we’d love to hear what you think about it! setting > Help and Feedbackthen click ‘Tell me what you like.’ Or select ‘Tell me something better.’

thank you,
Excel iPad Sheet Protection Team