How To Remove Template Listings in Excel (822644)

SUMMARY

This article describes how to remove recently used templates from the most recently used (MRU) files list on the File menu and from the Recently used templates list in the New Workbook task pane.

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Save Existing Registry Information

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1. Quit all Microsoft Office programs.
2. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
3. Expand the following subkey in the registry:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel

4. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.
   
   The Export Registry File dialog box appears.
5. In the File name box, type C:\Export to Excel, and then click Save.

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How to Remove a Template from the MRU List

1. Click Recent Files.
2. In the Name list, click File number, where File number corresponds to the template file in the Data list that you want to remove.
   
   Note The values in the Name list appear in numeric order.
3. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete message box.
4. Rename any values in the Name list that are not in numeric order.
   
   To do so, follow these steps:
   1. In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.
   2. Click Rename.
   3. Edit the number at the end of File number to put the values in numeric order.
      
      Note The list appears similar to the following:

      Name       Data
         ------------------------------------------------
         (Default)  {value not set} 
         File1      "C:\My Documents\myworksheet.xls" 
         File2      C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\mytemplate2.xlt" 
         File3      "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate3.xlt"

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How to Remove a Template from the Templates List in the Task Pane

1. Click Recent Templates.
2. In the Name list, click the Template number value that corresponds to the template in the Data list that you want to remove.
   
   Note The values in the Name list appear in alphanumeric order.
3. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.
4. Click the Friendly number value that has the same number as that of the Template number value that you removed in step 3.
5. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.
6. Rename any values in the Name list that are not in alphanumeric order.
   
   To do so, follow these steps:
   1. In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.
   2. Click Rename.
   3. Edit the number at the end of Friendly number or Template number to put the values in alphanumeric order.
      
      Note The list appears similar to the following:

      Name       Data
         ------------------------------------------------
         (Default)  {value not set} 
         Friendly1  "Balance Sheet" 
         Friendly2  "" 
         Template1  "C:\Program Files\MicrosoftOffice\Templates\1033\BalanceSheet.xlt" 
         Template2  "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate2.xlt"

7. Quit Registry Editor.
8. Restart the computer.

In the following registry subkey

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Recent Templates

Friendly number and Template number both refer to the same template. The Friendly number Data value contains the name of the template, and the Template number Data value points to the path of that template file.

For example, if Friendly2 contains a Data value of Sales Invoice, Template2 will contain a Data value that is the path of the Sales Invoice template:

   Name       Data
   ------------------------------------------------
   (Default)  {value not set} 
   Friendly2  "Sales Invoice" 
   Template2  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\SalesInvoice.xlt"

Custom templates may have a Friendly number value that is empty. The corresponding Template number value will contain the full path of the location of that custom template, as in the following example:

   Name       Data
   ------------------------------------------------
   (Default)  {value not set} 
   Friendly1  "" 
   Template1  "C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate.xlt"

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