When should I use the Excel formula bar?

The Formula bar is a valuable tool that can be used in Excel to help you do calculations and create formulas. It’s important to know when you should use the formula bar, and when you should not. It can also be used to enter or edit cell content.

The formula bar is automatically displayed when a cell is selected and its content can be edited by double-clicking on the bar. The display of the formula bar can be turned off by clicking on the “Formula” button in the ribbon, which will hide it from view.

This article will help you to decide whether to show or hide the formula bars in Excel. The formula bars are a display of the formulas that are currently active on a particular worksheet.

Excel : Formula bar missing in Excel - How to Enable/View Formula Bar
Excel: Formula bar missing in Excel – How to Enable/View Formula Bar

You can show or hide the formula bars by selecting View > Formula Bar in Excel.

If you want to show or hide the formula bars, you need to select View > Formula Bar in Excel and then select Show or Hide.

There are a few reasons why you might want to hide the formula bar, such as when your screen is too cluttered and it is hard for you to read what’s on it, or when someone else is using your computer and they might not be familiar with how formulas work and could accidentally change them.

How To Display or Hide Excel Formula Bar in a Workbook?

Excel Enable or Disable Formula bar
Excel Enable or Disable Formula bar
  • Click on the arrow next to “View” at the top of your screen and select “Toolbars” from the list. Search for “Formula Bar” and uncheck it.

How To Hide Excel Formula Bar for all Workbooks?

Go to “File” then “Options”, click on the “Advanced” tab, and uncheck “Show Formula Bar”.

Show or Hide Formula Bar for all Excel Workbooks- Overall settings
Show or Hide Formula Bar for all Excel Workbooks- Overall settings

Excel is not showing the formula bar?

Excel’s formula bar suddenly disappeared?

Click the View tab at the top of your screen and tick the Formula Bar” check box.

Excel Enable or Disable Formula bar
Excel Enable or Disable Formula bar