How to Remove Green Triangle from the Cells in Microsoft Excel

MS Excel users have reported that they are seeing some green triangles on the top left corner of the cells. With this in place, one will not be able to perform any operation on it.

Basically, the green triangle tells us that there is some error in the formula. If you start seeing the green triangle after copy-pasting the data, this could be because the number(or numerical) is saved in the text format.

In order to remove the green triangle, one has to get rid of this triangle. If you see that, there is no real error and the triangle is present, then consider trying the fixes listed below in this article.

Fix 1: Convert the value to Number

Step 1: Open the MS Excel Workbook that is showing the error

 

 

 

 

Step 2: From the above image, we can see that some cells have a green triangle at the top-right corner. When we look at the data carefully, it is evident that this is not a real error as such.

Step 2: Click on the green triangle. You will be able to see an exclamation mark. Click on it.

Step 3: From the drop-down menu, choose Convert to Number

 

 

 

 

This method works like a charm when the green triangle is seen on a few cells. When there are many cells to be corrected, try any of the below fixes.

Fix 2: Multiply by a numerical value

Step 1: Open the MS Excel Workbook that is showing the error

Step 2: Type 1 in any cell

Step 3: Click on that cell and copy the value using Ctrl+C

 

 

 

 

Step 4: Now select all the columns that show green triangles as shown below

 

 

 

 

 

Step 5: From the top menu, make sure you are in the Home tab

Step 6: Click on the down arrow below the Paste option

Step 7: From the drop-down menu, choose Paste Special

 

 

 

Step 8: In the Paste Special window that opens, Under the Operation section click on the Multiply option and then press OK

 

 

 

Now, you can see that the green triangles disappear.

Fix 3: Disable Error checking

Step 1: Open the MS Excel Application that contains green triangles.

Step 2: From the top menu, click on File

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Click on More and then choose Options

 

 

 

 

Step 4: From the Excel Options window, from the left-hand side, click on Formulas

Step 5: Under the Error Checking section, untick the Enable background error checking

Step 6: Finally, click on the OK button

 

 

Fix 4: Disabling error checking rule – Number formatted as text

Step 1: Open the Excel file that contains green triangles.

Step 2: From the top menu, click on File

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Click on More and then choose Options

 

 

 

 

Step 4: From the Excel Options window, from the left-hand side, click on Formulas

Step 5: Under the Error Checking Rules section, untick the Number formatted as text or preceded by an apostrophe

Step 6: Finally, click on the OK button

 

That’s All

We hope this article has been informative. Thank you for Reading.

Kindly comment and let us know if you are able to solve this issue using the above fixes.