In this tutorial, we will learn how to remove Excel formula without removing contents in C#. Sometimes we have to share Excel files with others containing calculated values but we do not want to expose our formulas. This requires to delete the Excel formula but keep the contents in C# as described in the following steps.

Steps to Remove Excel Formula but Keep Value using C#

1. Add Aspose.Cells for .NET to project using NuGet package manager
2. Add reference for System and Aspose.Cells namespace
3. Instantiate license to avoid trial version watermark
4. Load the workbook containing data and formula
5. Get the reference of the cell whose formula is to be removed
6. Store value in a temporary variable and remove formula
7. Reset cell value using the temporary variable
8. Save the workbook

The above steps describe the process to remove Excel formula but keep the value in C#. We access the desired cell from the worksheet and save its value in a temporary variable. Then we remove the formula from the cell and fill it with value again from the temporary variable. Finally, we save the workbook.

Code to Remove Excel Formula and keep the value in C#

The above sample code removes formula from a single cell. However, if you want to remove formulas from the entire workbook, you may use WorkSheet.Cells.RemoveFormulas() that removes all formulas from the entire workbook and replaces each cell value with the respective formula result. The following code can be used to delete excel formulas but keep the contents in C# from the entire workbook.

Code to Remove Excel Formulas but keep the value using C#

Note that neither we need MS Excel nor interop is used for this operation. Once the Excel file is ready you can also convert it to other formats also as described in the article on how to create XPS from excel in C#.