If you see an error that says “Cannot change this part of a PivotTable report” or it isn’t obvious where your Pivot Table ends or begins, there’s another simple way to select the table: Click once anywhere in the table. Click the PivotTable Analyze tab (or Analyze tab in some versions). Click Select on the toolbar. Click Entire PivotTable.
If you see an error that says “Cannot change this part of a PivotTable report” or it isn’t obvious where your Pivot Table ends or begins, there’s another simple way to select the table: Click once anywhere in the table. Click the PivotTable Analyze tab (or Analyze tab in some versions). Click Select on the toolbar. Click Entire PivotTable.
If you see an error that says “Cannot change this part of a PivotTable report” or it isn’t obvious where your Pivot Table ends or begins, there’s another simple way to select the table: Click once anywhere in the table. Click the PivotTable Analyze tab (or Analyze tab in some versions). Click Select on the toolbar. Click Entire PivotTable.
Deleting a Pivot Table won’t impact the source data used to create the Pivot Table—you’ll only be deleting the contents of the table. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source If your Pivot Table is on its own sheet, you can also simply delete the sheet. To do so, just right-click the sheet’s name at the bottom of your workbook and select Delete.
Use this method if you created a Pivot Table to perform calculations but now want to work with the data as plain, easy-to-edit text.
Depending on your version of Excel, you might see a “PivotTable Tools” tab with a separate Analyze tab on it. If so, click the Analyze tab.
Don’t click the clipboard icon, as you’ll get an error. You have to click that arrow just below the icon.
Now that you’ve removed the PivotTable formatting, you can edit the data as needed.