Introduction
Cell locking helps protect specific cells in your Excel sheet so others cannot change them. This is useful when you want to keep important data safe while allowing edits elsewhere.
When you want to prevent accidental changes to formulas in your budget sheet
When sharing a report and you want users to only enter data in certain cells
When creating a form where only input fields should be editable
When protecting headers or labels from being modified
When you want to lock cells but still allow sorting or filtering on the sheet