Posted on February 14, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)
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Hiking & ActivitiesWhat to do if a data set is too large for the Excel grid?
How to open a data set that exceeds Excel’s grid limits
- Open a blank workbook in Excel.
- Go to the Data tab > From Text/CSV > find the file and select Import.
- Once loaded, Use the Field List to arrange fields in a PivotTable.
- You can also Sort data in a PivotTable or Filter data in a PivotTable.
How do I handle large Excel files?
Ways to Reduce Excel File Size
- Remove unnecessary worksheets, data, and formulas. The number of worksheets and the amount of data contained in an Excel file are directly related to the size of the file.
- Remove formatting.
- Remove Pivot Cache.
- Save in binary format (.
- Compress the file.
Can Excel handle more than 1 million rows?
Maximum Rows in Excel
As mentioned above, Excel deals with three worksheets in a single Workbook file having up to 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns of data. Depending on the computer memory, you can increase the number of worksheets for supplementary data.
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