You can "freeze" a formula so that it no longer recalculates by replacing a formula with its calculated value. If you want to freeze only part of a formula, you can replace only the part you don't want to recalculate. Replacing a formula with its result can be helpful if there are many or complex formulas in the workbook and you want to improve performance by creating static data.

Important Make sure you examine the impact of replacing a formula with its results, especially if the formulas reference other cells that contain formulas. It's a good idea to make a copy of the workbook before replacing a formula with its results.What do you want to do?

Replace a formula with its calculated value

Caution When you replace a formula with its value, Microsoft Office Excel permanently removes the formula. If you accidentally replace a formula with a value and want to restore the formula, click Undo button image immediately after you enter or paste the value.

  1. Select the cell that contains the formula.

    If the formula is an array formula, select the range that contains the array formula.

    How to select a range that contains the array formula

    1. Click a cell in the array formula.
    2. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Find & Select, and then click Go To.
    3. Click Special.
    4. Click Current array.
  2. Click Copy button image.
  3. Click Paste button image.
  4. Click the arrow next to Paste Options button image, and then click Values Only.

Tip When you are editing a cell with a formula, you can press F9 to permanently replace the formula with its calculated value.

Replace part of a formula with its calculated value

Caution When you replace part of a formula with its value, it cannot be restored.

  1. Click the cell that contains the formula.
  2. In the formula bar formula bar, select the portion of the formula that you want to replace with its calculated value. When you select the part of the formula that you want to replace, make sure that you include the entire operand . For example, if you select a function, you must select the entire function name, the opening parenthesis, the arguments, and the closing parenthesis.
  3. To calculate the selected portion, press F9.
  4. To replace the selected portion of the formula with its calculated value, press ENTER.

    If the formula is an array formula, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.