Turning Off Worksheet Tabs in Excel

To turn off worksheet tabs in Excel, follow these steps:

Open Microsoft Excel.
Click on the File tab.
Click on Options. This will open the Excel Options dialog box.
Click on the Advanced option in the left sidebar.
Scroll down to the "Display options for this workbook" section and check the box next to "Show sheet tabs". This will remove the check mark and disable the feature.
Click on the OK button to save your changes and close the dialog box.

How to hide or unhide worksheet tabs in Excel (worksheet tab visibility options)

Hiding or unhiding sheet tabs is a quick way to organize your workbook or make it look more professional. You can also prevent users from accidentally deleting or renaming sheets by hiding their tabs. If you have a lot of sheets in a workbook, you can scroll through them more easily if their tabs are hidden.

Method 1: Hide all sheet tabs except active sheet tab using VBA code

Method 2 : Hide all sheet tabs except active sheet tab using macro

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