{"id":1538,"date":"2025-04-28T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:59:42","slug":"how-to-stop-excel-from-crashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-excel-from-crashing","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways to Fix Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File\/Saving File!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1898181a2aebca931198b7f41678d855\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<style>\r\n.leaderboard { width: 320px; height: 100px; }\r\n@media(min-width: 500px) { .leaderboard { width: 468px; height: 60px; } }\r\n@media(min-width: 800px) { .leaderboard { width: 728px; height: 90px; } }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8329139124199643\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle leaderboard\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block\"\r\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8329139124199643\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1972481166\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Undoubtedly, Excel is a useful application, but there are many cases when <strong>Excel keeps crashing, freezes, and even locks up. <\/strong>This not only happens when opening the Excel file, but also crashes when copying and pasting or saving the file. No matter in which situation you are facing this problem, it can be easily fixed by trying some easy ways. In this blog, I will mention the common causes and some quick methods to <strong>fix Excel keeps crashing when opening file <\/strong>or saving file.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'><div style='background: #eafdeb; padding: 12px;'><p><strong style='font-size: 18px;'>To repair corrupted Excel file data, we recommend this tool:<\/strong><\/p><p style='font-size: 17px;'>This software will prevent Excel workbook data such as BI data, financial reports & other analytical information from corruption and data loss. With this software you can rebuild corrupt Excel files and restore every single visual representation & dataset to its original, intact state in 3 easy steps:<\/p><div><ol style='font-size: 17px; margin-top: 4px;'><li><strong><a href='https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/free-download-now' target='_blank'>Try Excel File Repair Tool<\/a><\/strong> rated <i>Excellent<\/i> by Softpedia, Softonic & CNET.<\/li><li>Select the corrupt Excel file (XLS, XLSX) & click <b>Repair<\/b> to initiate the repair process.<\/li><li>Preview the repaired files and click <b>Save File<\/b> to save the files at desired location.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why Does Excel Keep Crashing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incidents like <strong>Excel crashes when opening file<\/strong> or a frequent <strong>Excel workbook keeps crashing,<\/strong> itself indicate that either the problem is in the application or in the particular Excel workbook.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the reason <strong>why does Excel keep crashing<\/strong> so that you can work accordingly to fix the issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The problem may be due to the outdated MS Excel version.<\/li>\n<li>Excel application is conflicting with the anti-virus tools or other programs in your PC.<\/li>\n<li>Improper combination or usage of Excel styling and Cell formatting.<\/li>\n<li>MS Office application is not installed properly, or maybe it needs to be repaired.<\/li>\n<li>Incompatible Excel Add-Ins<\/li>\n<li>Excel crashing issue is also encountered when the Excel file gets corrupted or damaged.<\/li>\n<li>If the Excel file is created using some third-party software, then the same crashing, freezing, and slow responding issues are faced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Fix Excel Keep Crashing Issue?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a quick precape at the fixes which we are going to use for the easy fixing of <strong>Excel keeps crashing<\/strong> problem:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dad9d9;border-radius:2px;-moz-border-radius:2px;-webkit-border-radius:2px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f4f3f3;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:2px;-moz-border-radius:2px;-webkit-border-radius:2px;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a1\">Remove COM add-ins<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a2\">Remove Microsoft Excel Animation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a3\">Explore Excel File Details and Contents<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a4\">Run Excel in Safe Mode<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a5\">Reinstall And Repair MS Office<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a6\">Excel Freezes in Only One Spreadsheet<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#a7\">Check For Conflicting Programs or Processes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Let&#8217;s know how to apply each of these solutions.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a name=\"a1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 1: Remove COM add-ins<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The COM add-ins are very bad, and this causes several issues in the Excel file, so the best is to disable it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The COM add-ins fight over the memory and cause Excel to freeze and crash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>So, the best is to disable the COM add-ins, follow the steps to do so:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Choose <strong>File <\/strong>then go to <strong>Options <\/strong>and <strong>Add-ins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Then at the bottom of dialog box &gt; modify the <strong>Manage drop-down<\/strong> to <strong>COM add-ins &gt; <\/strong>choose <strong>Go.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After that clear checkbox for the enabled <strong>COM add-ins<\/strong> &gt; click <strong>OK.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8092 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/excel-opens-in-a-tiny-window-2.png\" alt=\"COM Add-ins\" width=\"666\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"a2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 2: Remove Microsoft Excel Animation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among several causes of <strong>Excel crashing<\/strong> issue, animation is also one very common reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Excel animation is automatically <strong>turned ON<\/strong> and is found to be causing several issues, which commonly makes the Excel perform slow and even crash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the best is to turn <strong>OFF the animation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the steps to turn off animation in Excel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Select <strong>File &gt; Options.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tap to the <strong>Advanced<\/strong> tab and uncheck the <strong>&#8216;Disable hardware graphics acceleration&#8217;<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6815 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/disable-excel-hardware-graphics-acceleration.png\" alt=\"Disable hardware graphics acceleration\" width=\"639\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/disable-excel-hardware-graphics-acceleration.png 639w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/disable-excel-hardware-graphics-acceleration-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After that hit the <strong>OK<\/strong> button and restart your Excel application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/excel-hangs-when-copy-pasting\">Fix Excel Not Responding When Pasting Issue!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"a3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 3: Explore Excel File Details and Contents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Excel files have existed for a long period in computers and they are upgraded from version to version.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This often travels between the users, and the users take over the Excel file, but don\u2019t know what is included in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below are the areas that cause <strong>Excel keeps freeze<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The formulas that reference entire columns.<\/li>\n<li>More than thousands of hidden or 0-height and width objects<\/li>\n<li>The array formulas reference an uneven number of elements in the arguments.<\/li>\n<li>Unnecessary styles are caused due to regular copy-paste between the workbooks.<\/li>\n<li>Invalid and unnecessary defined names<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check the areas to know what is causing <strong>Excel workbook <\/strong><strong>keeps crashing<\/strong> or not respond to issues.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"a4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fix 4: Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File by Running Excel in Safe Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Safe mode enables users to safely utilize Excel without any issues, commonly, the startup programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, the best is to try once to start Excel in Safe Mode.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Press and hold <strong>CTRL<\/strong> when you start the program, or else use the <strong>&#8220;\/safe&#8221; (excel.exe \/safe) option <\/strong>while starting the program from the command line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/type-excel-safe-in-run-dialog-box.png\" alt=\"Disable Add-ins\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/type-excel-safe-in-run-dialog-box.png 399w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/type-excel-safe-in-run-dialog-box-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Now, while running Excel in safe mode, this avoids functionality and settings like the <strong>alternative startup location,<\/strong> <strong>toolbar changes, the xlstart folder, and even the Excel add-ins.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/open-excel-in-safe-mode-1.png\" alt=\"open excel in safe mode 1\" width=\"381\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/open-excel-in-safe-mode-1.png 381w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/open-excel-in-safe-mode-1-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope by starting Excel, in safe mode Excel crashing issue is fixed, but if not, then it is recommended to make use of the automatic MS Excel Repair utility to fix Excel issues, errors, corruption, and others.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"a5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 5:Reinstall And Repair MS Office<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the time, it is seen that repairing the MS Office program suite fixes the Excel crashing issue. Mainly, the problem is caused by a damaged Excel program or MS Office file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Try the following steps to perform this method:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Make a right-click on the \u201c<strong>Start<\/strong>\u201d button and choose the<strong> Control Panel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Follow the path \u201c<strong>Programs<\/strong>\u201c&gt; <strong>\u201cProgram &amp; Features<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Search the \u201c<strong>Microsoft Office<\/strong>\u201d program on the list. Once you get it make a right-click on the icon and choose the \u201c<strong>Change<\/strong>\u201c option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel.png\" alt=\"Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File\" width=\"624\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel.png 885w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-306x205.png 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Hit the \u201c<strong>Quick Repair\u201d <\/strong>and after that click the \u201c<strong>Repair<\/strong>\u201coption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3306 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-1.jpg\" alt=\"ms office repair from control panel 1\" width=\"523\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-1.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ms-office-repair-from-control-panel-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>After the repair process gets over. Launch the excel application again to check whether the excel workbook crashing issue was resolved or not.<\/li>\n<li>If the problem still persists then immediately approach the \u201c<strong>Online Repair<\/strong>\u201d option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"a6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 6: Excel Freezes in Only One Spreadsheet<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are facing this Excel crashing issue only in a specific Excel spreadsheet. Then the chances are high that your file has some conditional formatting issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, to resolve it, follow the steps:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Open your problematic Excel file.<\/li>\n<li>After that go to the \u201c<strong>Home<\/strong>\u201d &gt; \u201c<strong>Conditional Formatting<\/strong>\u201d &gt; \u201c<strong>Clear Rules<\/strong>\u201d &gt; \u201c<strong>Clear Rules From Entire Sheet<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/clear-conditional-formatting-in-excel.jpg\" alt=\"Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File\" width=\"671\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/clear-conditional-formatting-in-excel.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/clear-conditional-formatting-in-excel-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/clear-conditional-formatting-in-excel-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">You can apply the above steps in any of your Excel spreadsheets.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Choose the \u201c<strong>File<\/strong>\u201d &gt; \u201c<strong>Save as<\/strong>\u201d option. This will make a fresh copy of your Excel spreadsheet. Assign a different name to this new file so that it won\u2019t get overwritten with the old one. The old one will exist if you need to revert to it due to lost data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/personal-macro-workbook-not-opening\">Excel Personal Macro Workbook Not Opening Issue!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"a7\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Fix 7: Check For Conflicting Programs or Processes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the time of Windows booting, many processes automatically start executing in the background. So chances are also that these programs are conflicting with your Excel application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can either perform a clean boot or make a selective startup to stop the conflicting application. Here are the steps outlined to perform this task.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On your PC sign in as <strong>Administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Press the\u00a0+X keys from your keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the <strong>Run<\/strong> option and in the opened window type the\u00a0<strong>msconfig.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8310 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/msc2.png\" alt=\"msconfig\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>After this, you will see <strong>System Configuration dialog<\/strong> box open on your screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Now go to <b>Services tab<\/b>, and put a checkmark across the option <strong>Hide all Microsoft Services<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Select the\u00a0<strong>Disable all<\/strong><strong>&gt;Apply&gt;OK <\/strong>option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3779 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-2.png\" alt=\"Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File\" width=\"526\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-2.png 526w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>After then, go to the <b>Startup tab<\/b>\u00a0and choose the <strong>Open Task Manager.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3780 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-3.png\" alt=\"close conflicting programs 3\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-3.png 468w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the open dialog box of <strong>Task Manager<\/strong>, tap to the<strong> startup<\/strong> tab. Now make a right-click over the item that you want to disable and choose\u00a0<strong><strong>Disable<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-4.png\" alt=\"Excel Keeps Crashing When Opening File\" width=\"526\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-4.png 578w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/close-conflicting-programs-4-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Close the\u00a0<strong>Task Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the <b>Startup tab<\/b>\u00a0present in the\u00a0<strong>System Configuration<\/strong> of the dialog box. 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It is easy to use and compatible with both Windows as well as Mac Operating Systems. This supports the entire Excel version, and the demo version is free.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Steps to Utilize MS Excel Repair Tool:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Related FAQs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What Slows Down Excel the Most?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMicrosoft Excel slow down when: <ul><li>Your data is too big for Excel. <\/li><li>Using too many formulas. <\/li><li>Complex\/volatile Excel functions &amp; formulas. <\/li><li>Unnecessary formatting &amp; conditional formatting. <\/li><li>Unused rows and columns or full column references. <\/li><li>Connectors, add-ins, plugins, and external links. <\/li><li>Too many worksheets.                     <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Why Does Copy and Paste Crash Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMost probably copying and pasting crash Excel due to an overloaded cache.                     <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How Do I Stop Excel from Crashing with Large Files?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo stop Excel from crashing with large files: <ul><li>Remove too much formatting. <\/li><li>Remove Conditional Formatting or Unused Styles. <\/li><li>Eliminate Calculations &amp; Formulas. <\/li><li> Examine the Computer RAM Issue.                     <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How Do I Clear the Excel Cache?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo clear the MS Excel cache, go to the File &gt; Options &gt; Save option. 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Use Excel Online as a last resort to access data quickly.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you liked this post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dad9d9;border-radius:2px;-moz-border-radius:2px;-webkit-border-radius:2px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f4f3f3;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:2px;-moz-border-radius:2px;-webkit-border-radius:2px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>External References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/repair-an-office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/repair-an-office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/excel-not-responding-hangs-freezes-or-stops-working-37e7d3c9-9e84-40bf-a805-4ca6853a1ff4\" target=\"_blank\" 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