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Excel Keeps Crashing: 5 Simple Ways to Fix

Disable problematic Excel Add-Ins to fix this problem

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Updated onOctober 4, 2024

updated onOctober 4, 2024

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Excel crashing is a problem that many individuals complain about and have struggled with due to its persistence. It renders the app useless and makes the files inaccessible.

Hence, the looming question remains what to do if Excel keeps crashing? Thus, we recommend you read this guide, which will provide steps for fixing the error message.

What causes Excel to keep crashing?

Why does Excel crashes after opening a file?

How do I fix Excel if it keeps crashing randomly?

Go through the following checks before trying any advanced troubleshooting steps:

1. Start Excel in Safe Mode and disable Excel Add-Ins

Starting Excel in Safe Mode helps with interference from third-party apps and services running on the computer in normal mode.

Likewise, disabling the problematic Add-ins will fix any issues with corrupt add-ins causing MS Excel to crash.

2. Repair Microsoft Office

Repairing Microsoft Office will fix any missing or corrupt app files that can cause Excel to crash randomly or when opening a file. It may also fixaccess issues with Excel.

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3. Disable the Hardware Graphics Acceleration

Disabling Hardware Graphics Acceleration improves the computer’s speed and influences its response time when using Excel. It will fix performance issues and graphics glitches that can cause Excel to crash.

4. Download the latest updates for Excel

Updating the Excel client will fix bugs that may be causing issues with its performance and install the latest patches that will resolve most issues.

5. Reinstall Excel

This is a drastic solution, but it can be used as a last resort if you’re having issues with Excel. Elsewhere, if you’re unable to launch your Excel sheets because of thepersonal.xlsb being locked for editing, we have a fix for that.

Lastly, you may be interested in our article about fixingMicrosoft Excel if it can access files.

If you have further questions or suggestions, kindly drop them in the comments section.

Excel Keeps Crashing: 5 Simple Ways to Fix#

What causes Excel to keep crashing?#

Why does Excel crashes after opening a file?#

How do I fix Excel if it keeps crashing randomly?#

1. Start Excel in Safe Mode and disable Excel Add-Ins#

2. Repair Microsoft Office#

3. Disable the Hardware Graphics Acceleration#

4. Download the latest updates for Excel#

5. Reinstall Excel#