Alt H L C S on Mac: Clear Rules from Selected Cells in Excel

To run Clear Rules from Selected Cells with Alt H L C S in Excel on a Mac, install LightningXL, tap Option, then type H, L, C, S. The same keys as Windows, with the same result.

Step by step

1. Install LightningXL

   Download LightningXL, then follow the instructions. Setup takes about two minutes.

2. Select what to act on

   Click a cell, or select the range the command should apply to.

3. Tap Option, then type H L C S

   Tap ⌥ on its own to show the key tips, then H for Home, L for Conditional Formatting, C for Clear Rules, S for Clear Rules from Selected Cells.

What Alt H L C S does

Clear Rules from Selected Cells sits under Home › Conditional Formatting › Clear Rules on the Excel ribbon. On Windows, Alt H L C S runs it from the keyboard. Excel for Mac has the same ribbon but no Alt key, so without LightningXL you click through Home › Conditional Formatting › Clear Rules › Clear Rules from Selected Cells instead.

Related shortcuts

The rest of the Clear Rules menu in Excel:

• ⌥HLCE Clear Rules from Entire Sheet
• ⌥HLCT Clear Rules from This Table
• ⌥HLCP Clear Rules from This PivotTable