Is your Excel file sluggish or cluttered with technical "junk"? Manage, select, or mass-delete Names, Shapes, and Hyperlinks in seconds. Clean your workbooks and boost performance!
The Clean Objects & Names application in Optipe Data Tools Suite is the definitive tool for auditing and cleaning hidden or unnecessary objects in your Excel workbooks. Quickly identify reference errors and elements that bloat your files.
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Optipe Data Tools Suite brings together 18 productivity tools for Excel designed to automate tasks that normally require complex formulas, VBA macros, or a great deal of manual work. This application is one of them.
It installs directly into the Excel Ribbon, is available in Freemium and Pro editions, and you can start using it in less than a minute. Try it. You'll get it.
Object and Link Auditing:
Centralized Control Panel:
Why use Clean Objects & Names in Excel?
Delete defined names with reference errors (#REF!) that cause sluggishness and error messages when opening files.
Select or delete all shapes, images, or objects at once, removing "visual noise" from your reports.
Remove navigation links while keeping the text intact—ideal for cleaning data copied from the web.
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Gain full control over hidden elements:
- Reduce File Size: Remove invisible objects that make your files unnecessarily heavy.
- Report Preparation: Quickly clear shapes and text boxes before delivering a final dashboard.
- Security: 100% local processing to protect the integrity of your institutional information.
Technical Features:
- Displays a comprehensive list of all elements present in the Workbook.
- Flexible multi-selection (Shift for ranges, Ctrl for individuals).
- Safe removal: preserves cell content when removing hyperlinks.
- Specific filter for names with missing references.
- Compatible with all modern versions of Excel.
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Watch Clean Objects & Names in Excel tool in acton
How to remove shapes, objects, and hyperlinks in bulk:
Debugging names with missing references:
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