But occasionally you might be using Google Sheets for something where any existing cell borders are a distraction, such as if you have previously merged a group of those cells. Fortunately you are able to remove cell borders in Google Sheets in a similar way to how those borders were first added.

How to Delete Borders from Cells in Google Sheets

The steps in this article assume that you currently have a Google Sheets spreadsheet that contains some cell borders, and that you would like to remove those borders. Note that borders are different than gridlines. If you follow these steps and the borders that you want to remove are still present, then you may actually need to remove gridlines instead. Step 1: Sign into Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive and open the file containing the borders that you want to remove. Step 2: Select the cells containing the borders that you wish to remove. Step 3: Click the Borders button in the toolbar above the spreadsheet. Step 4: Select the No Borders option to remove the existing cell borders. As mentioned earlier, what you might actually want to remove are the gridlines. You can read this article to learn how to remove gridlines in Google Sheets if you would prefer not to have any separating lines on your sheet.

See also

How to merge cells in Google SheetsHow to wrap text in Google SheetsHow to alphabetize in Google SheetsHow to subtract in Google SheetsHow to change row height in Google Sheets

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