Microsoft excel worksheet names can be changed by user

By default, Excel names worksheets Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3 and so on, but you can easily rename them.

3 ways to rename a worksheet

1. Double-click the sheet tab, and type the new name.

2. Right-click the sheet tab, click Rename, and type the new name.

3. Use the keyboard shortcut Alt+H > O > R, and type the new name.

Important: 
Worksheet names cannot:

• Be blank .

• Contain more than 31 characters.

• Contain any of the following characters: / ? * : [ ]

  For example, 02/17/2016 would not be a valid worksheet name, but 02-17-2016 would work fine.

• Begin or end with an apostrophe (‘), but they can be used in between text or numbers in a name.

• Be named «History». This is a reserved word Excel uses internally.

Rename a workbook

If you want to rename a workbook, first locate it in Windows Explorer, then you can press F2, or right-click and select Rename, then type the new name.

If your workbook is already open, then you can go to File > Save As to save the workbook with a different name. This will create a copy of the existing workbook.

Need more help?

You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community or get support in the Answers community.

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How to Rename a Worksheet in Excel

Make your worksheets names more descriptive

Updated on December 12, 2021

What to Know

• Press and release Alt+H+O+R, type a new name, and press Enter to rename the active worksheet.
• Double-click the current worksheet’s name, type a new name, and press the Enter key.
• Right-click the current worksheet’s name, select Rename, type a new name, and press the Enter key.

Two changes that make it easier to organize and identify worksheets and the data they contain are to rename the worksheet and to change the color of the worksheet tab at the bottom of the work area. These instructions apply to Excel 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2019 for Mac, Excel 2016 for Mac, Excel for Mac 2011, Excel for Microsoft 365, and Excel Online.

Using Keyboard Hotkeys

In Excel 2019, Excel 2016, Excel 2013, or Excel 2010, you can use a keyboard shortcut to rename a worksheet tab. 

This set of keystrokes activates the ribbon commands. Once the last key in the sequence, the R, is pressed and released, the current name on the sheet tab of the current or active sheet is highlighted.

1. Press and release in sequence the following key combination to highlight the name of the active sheet: Alt + H + O + R.
2. Type the new name for the worksheet.
3. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to complete renaming the worksheet.

As with renaming a worksheet using hotkeys, you don’t have to hold down the Alt key while you press the other keys, as with some keyboard shortcuts. Each key is pressed and released in succession.

Double-Click the Sheet Tab

This method works in all versions of Excel for Windows, Mac, Microsoft 365, and Online.

1. Double-click on the current name in the worksheet tab to highlight the current name in the tab.
2. Type the new name for the worksheet.
3. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to complete renaming the worksheet.
4. The new name should be visible on the worksheet tab.

Right-Click the Sheet Tab

This method works in all versions of Excel for Windows, Mac, Microsoft 365, and Online.

1. Right-click on the tab of the worksheet you want to rename to open the context menu.
2. Click on Rename in the menu list to highlight the current worksheet name.
3. Type the new name for the worksheet.
4. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to complete renaming the worksheet.
5. The new name should be visible on the worksheet tab.

Access the Ribbon Option With the Mouse

This method works in all versions of Excel for Windows, Mac, Microsoft 365, and Online.

1. Click on the tab of the worksheet to be renamed to make it the active sheet.
2. Click on the Home tab of the ribbon.
3. Click Format in the Cells group to open the drop-down menu.
4. Click on Rename Sheet to highlight the sheet tab at the bottom of the screen.
5. Type the new name for the worksheet.
6. Press the Enter key on the keyboard to complete renaming the worksheet.

View All Sheet Tabs in a Workbook

If a workbook has a lot of worksheets or the horizontal scroll bar is extended, not all the sheet tabs will necessarily be visible at once. The longer the sheet names, the longer the tabs.

To correct this situation:

1. Place the mouse pointer over the vertical ellipsis (three vertical dots) next to the horizontal scrollbar.
2. The mouse pointer will change to a double-headed arrow, as shown in the image above.
3. Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the pointer to the right to enlarge the area for sheet tabs to be displayed, or to the left to widen the scrollbar.

Excel Worksheet Name Restrictions

There are a few restrictions when it comes to renaming an Excel worksheet:

• A name cannot exceed 31 characters in length
• A worksheet name cannot be left blank
• The following characters cannot be in a name:  / ? : * [ ]

Using Worksheet Names in Excel Formulas

Renaming a worksheet not only makes it easier to keep track of individual sheets in a large workbook, but it has the added benefit of making it easier to understand formulas that span multiple worksheets.

When a formula includes a cell reference from a different worksheet, the worksheet name must be in the formula.

If the default worksheet names are used — such as Sheet2, Sheet3 — the formula will look something like this:

=Sheet3!C7+Sheet4!C10

Giving the worksheets a descriptive name — such as May Expenses and June Expenses — can make the formula easier to decipher. For example:

='May Expenses'!C7+'June Expenses'!C10

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Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Locking Worksheet Names.

If you are developing workbooks for others to use, you may want your worksheets to retain whatever names you give them. Excel normally allows users to change worksheet names, as desired. If you don’t want them to change, the only way to prevent it is to lock the workbook. You can take these steps:

1. Display the Review tab of the ribbon.
2. Click the Protect Workbook tool in the Changes group (Protect group if you are using Excel 2016 or a later version). Excel displays the Protect Structure and Windows dialog box. (See Figure 1.)



Figure 1. The Protect Structure and Windows dialog box.

3. Make sure that the Structure check box is selected.
4. Enter a password in the Password box.
5. Click on OK. Excel displays the Confirm Password dialog box, prompting you to reenter the password.
6. Reenter the password and click on OK.

The user can no longer make changes to the names of the worksheet tabs, nor to anything else that affects the structure of the workbook. (For instance, they cannot enter new worksheets or delete existing ones.)

If you want to protect the workbook under the control of a macro, then you can use this code:

ActiveWorkbook.Protect Password:="MyPassword", Structure:=True

All you need to do is provide a password you want to use in place of the «MyPassword» example.

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