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Change the Number of Undo Levels in Microsoft Excel (All Windows)

This tweak lets you modify the amount of undo history information that Excel will track. Increasing this value allows you to undo more than the default number of changes.

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Open your registry and find the key below where [version] is "9.0" for Excel 2000 and "10.0" for Excel 2002.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named "UndoHistory" and set it to the number of undo levels between 0 and 100.

Restart Excel for the change to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|UndoHistoryREG_DWORD0x00000064 (100)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[Version]\Excel\...|
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Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[Version]\Excel\Options]
Value Name: UndoHistory
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: Number of Undo Levels

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last modified: May 8, 2002