188 questions with Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For business | iOS tags

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Error code 0x0

From this morning i am unable to use Microsoft word, excel etc I keep receiving an a message saying Unknown Error, The error code is 0x0 I am unable to resolve this

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asked 2026-07-14T12:43:23.9633333+00:00
asif mukhtar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T14:17:05.3333333+00:00
asif mukhtar 0 Reputation points
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Problem with my IPad Pro and my IPhone 16 Pro to edit excel

Hi, For the last month when the last update was made, I started not being able to use my xcel app. More precisely I am having problems with editing my excel spreadsheets on my IPad and IPhone which I was always able to do so for years now….. When I try…

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asked 2026-07-05T15:41:29.5+00:00
Cristina Ionescu 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-06T22:41:52.0366667+00:00
Hendrix-C 18,965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Unable to Permanently Remove Cached Microsoft Accounts from iPad M2 Account Picker

Hi, I am using an iPad M2 and Microsoft Excel for iPad. When Excel prompts me to sign in, the Microsoft "Choose an account" picker still displays multiple old accounts, including accounts that have already been deleted from Microsoft Entra ID /…

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asked 2026-07-06T10:14:44.3333333+00:00
Shubh 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-06T12:12:19.25+00:00
Jess-Q 12,590 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How do i build an iphone app that a shows the telecom pair number when the pair color is entered or vise versa?

I would like to build an excel based widget that allows a technician to determine their desired wire pair based on the standardized color of the pair entered or to determine the standardized color of that wire pair by entering the pair number. This app…

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asked 2026-06-09T16:06:41.23+00:00
George Porter 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-06-09T22:39:23.2733333+00:00
Hendrix-C 18,965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to remove a file shared with me from Excel on iPad and iPhone

I shared 3 Excel workbooks from my Office365 Business account to my personal account. At some point, I deleted the files because they were no longer necessary. But now in Excel on my iPad and iPhone, these workbooks show up as shared with me, and when i…

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asked 2026-05-22T04:38:31.4866667+00:00
Pete Nicholson 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-27T05:26:19.37+00:00
Kai-Ex 1,480 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Ipad pro and microsoft apps not working since last update

Hi, I have a new ipad pro and the Microsoft apps worked fine until the last update on March 25. when I open the app my company have a policy to ask for a pin. The keyboard does not show up and when the apple keyboard is connected that doesn't work…

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asked 2026-04-01T01:07:07.54+00:00
Eric Werner 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-01T06:43:58.38+00:00
Jade Ng 13,735 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Cannot open file, something went wrong

I’m using 365. Ipad says “cannot open file, something went wrong”. It is an excel app on ipad. Someone I know sent me an excel sheet which i opened and edited. Now I can’t open it. Cannot get assistance from microsoft, on phone for hours waiting and…

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asked 2026-03-12T01:25:16.05+00:00
Hubert Halden 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-15T00:04:04.31+00:00
Jade Ng 13,735 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Excel iOS comments and menus problems

For several months, I have had issues with menus in Excel for iOS, particularly when I'm creating or editing a comment. This happens to me several times a day, since I use one particular spreadsheet on my iPhone many times a day. Frequently, when I open…

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asked 2026-02-16T01:41:51.73+00:00
Fritz, T 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-18T06:06:34.3366667+00:00
Vivian-HT 17,795 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to improve performance of my Excel sheet ?

I have an excel sheet with 8 to 10 Tabs of which only two tabs have <3000 rows. But almost 15-20 colummns use functions such as XLOOKUP, SUBTOTAL and IF. There are no other math functions being used. Number of threads is set at 10. But still it takes…

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asked 2026-02-07T06:14:19.76+00:00
Annapurna, Aruna (Cognizant) 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-02-09T14:09:38.51+00:00
Liora D 18,225 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Why do we not have full Excel for IOS in 2026?

It is 2026 can we get full version of excel for IOS already I can use my IPad Pro for 99% of my job but I can’t run a simple report with Macro’s. These machines can more than handle the load why do we still have a mobile phone version of excel ?

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asked 2026-01-30T19:46:27.3766667+00:00
Nicholas Miller 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-02-08T08:54:23.1833333+00:00
kagiyama yutaka 4,175 Reputation points
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Microsoft 365 excel on ipad drop down list has stopped allowing a selection from list to be entered to cell

An excel file we created on desktop and access via microsoft 365 on our ipad has suddenly stopped allowing you to select an item from drop down list. The list displays and when you type part of the word, only these items show which is all as it should…

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asked 2025-12-23T14:36:53.36+00:00
Sandy Adams 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-29T12:57:36.5733333+00:00
Daniel-Vo 6,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Since recent IOS update why do the drop downs not open or work in excel?

Prior to doing the latest IOS update all my drop downs within an excel sheet worked perfectly and since the update they no no longer work, arrow appears but they won’t open to be able to make a selection. I have verified with my coworker who has not…

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asked 2026-01-27T02:03:45.1+00:00
Jamie Soanes 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-29T07:04:13.59+00:00
AlexDN 11,435 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I inadvertently saved an Excel file as another existing file name. Can I recover the overwritten Excel file?

I inadvertently saved an Excel file (Inventory - Allegheny Plum.XLSX) as another existing file name. Can I recover the overwritten Excel file : Bostwick Sales.XLSX?

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asked 2026-01-17T01:01:00.4066667+00:00
James McCartney 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-20T01:39:56.0033333+00:00
Anonymous
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Select visible cells only in excel on ipad

On a PC it is very easy to select only visible cells which is really convenient for quickly seeing the sum of visible cells or copying and pasting visible cells. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to select only visible cells on my ipad and it is…

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asked 2026-01-19T17:26:44.1233333+00:00
Cort Naab 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-01-19T21:44:30.2866667+00:00
Hendrix-C 18,965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I cannot Activate Microsoft 365 to create and edit in excel - read only

As the title says - I cannot Activate Microsoft 365 to create and edit in excel - read only, even though I have a M365 account. I can create and edit with a sharepoint link but not on the desktop app.

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asked 2026-01-14T20:13:54.7933333+00:00
LouisR 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-15T20:36:31.9333333+00:00
Ryan-N 14,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Display Bug in Excel app for ios

i am using iphone 16 pro running the latest ios 26.2 with the latest versions of apps installed. I noted that if i have an excel spreadsheet in the onedrive, and open it with excel app, the tab names are not displayed in the lower part of the screen. I…

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asked 2026-01-09T08:52:27.3033333+00:00
Lenny Li 36 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-10T14:33:52.58+00:00
Demi-N 19,400 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Unhiding excel worksheets. What has replaced the method where excel users could right-click on the list of Sheets and, by consecutively pressing the first letter of the sheet names with intervals, switch the selection state among sheets with the same ini

Unhiding excel worksheets. What has replaced the method where excel users could right-click on the list of Sheets and, by consecutively pressing the first letter of the sheet names with intervals, switch the selection state among sheets with the same…

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asked 2025-12-29T18:30:55.1766667+00:00
Wendell Plain 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-30T20:31:37.98+00:00
Kai-L 15,550 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Filtering a Pivot Table in Excel Mobile

Did the Excel Mobile app remove the capability to use the search function in pivot table filters? Every time I try to click the filter and search (the list of items to filter by is very large), the filter kicks me out. It does not allow me to type, or…

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asked 2025-12-09T01:11:32.2766667+00:00
Kate S 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-11T05:53:28.5133333+00:00
Vivian-HT 17,795 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

shared workbook in excel not working on an ipad

I have been sharing excel workbooks with my employees and they have been able to edit them on any device they have used. I recently got an iPad for one of my employees to use but when I share the workbook with them it will not allow them to edit on the…

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asked 2025-11-19T20:34:25.56+00:00
Aaron Green 40 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-24T15:12:53.53+00:00
Aaron Green 40 Reputation points
3 answers

Excel will not save changes made to a file.

Our company's supervisors cannot open a shared excel file through dropbox, and make changes in excel. This code appears, "Your file ___ wasn't uploaded because we cannot merge changes made by another user." Our supervisors work in the field…

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asked 2025-11-20T14:52:19.9+00:00
Nour Weatherspoon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-24T05:24:22.18+00:00
Darren-Ng 12,595 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator