How to Remove Extra Unused Cells in Microsoft Excel 2013. Worksheets in Microsoft Excel can contain over a million rows and over 15,000 columns. With a workspace that large, if you're not careful ...

Launch Excel. Open the worksheet containing the excess Tab symbols that you want to remove. Open the "Find and Replace" dialog box by pressing "Ctrl-H" on your keyboard.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with data in Excel and pile up inconsistencies and errors. These steps will help you fix those problems.