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How to Customize The Quick Access Toolbar in Excel

Personalize your Quick Access Toolbar with these simple tweaks

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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The Quick Access Toolbar in Microsoft Excel brings the frequently used features to your fingertips. So, it is crucial to know how to customize the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel to create a more suitable user interface.

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Can I customize the Quick Access Toolbar and the ribbon in Excel?

Can I customize the Quick Access Toolbar and the ribbon in Excel?

One beautiful thing about Microsoft Office is that users can import and export customized Quick Access Toolbar from one app to another. It helps you customize the apps.

Because Excel is highly customizable, there are a couple of options to use in its toolbar, to your preference. It allows you to hide andrestore the Quick Access Toolbarwhen working. Also, you can change the order of the commands.

Furthermore, customizing yourExcel Quick Access Toolbarallows you to add or remove commands from. There are other customization options you can use, and we’ll take you through some as we go into the guide.

How do I customize the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel?

How do I customize the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel?

1. Show or hide the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel

It allows you to call for the Quick Access Toolbar when needed and not just lie around your workspace. So, you can retrieve it if it’s hidden or hidden if it’s available.

2. Change the Quick Access Toolbar location

Changing the location of the Excel Quick Access Toolbar lets you select where it is best suited for your activities.

3. Show or Hide command labels on the Quick Access Toolbar

The condition for this customization process is that the Quick Access Toolbar must be set below the ribbon to show or hide the command labels.

4. Add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel

The above steps can remove a command from the Quick Access Toolbar by selecting theRemovecommand instead ofAdd.

5. Use the Options command to customize the Quick Access Toolbar

It allows you to personalize the Quick Access Toolbar to consist of only the useful commands.

6. Reset the Quick Access Toolbar to the default settings in Excel

The steps above will reset Quick Access settings to default and clear your settings.

However, the above are a few of the many customization options you can use for the Quick Access Toolbar on Excel.

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Vladimir Popescu

Being an artist his entire life while also playing handball at a professional level, Vladimir has also developed a passion for all things computer-related.

With an innate fascination for research and analysis, and realizing many other people share his passion for this subject, he delved into writing Windows-related articles, so other people can also benefit from the acquired information.

When not writing kick-ass articles, Vladimir likes to spend his time doing Crossfit and creating art.

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