We have covered many topics in creating and managing Pivot Tables. We did not, however, deal with the deleting of them.
In the example below, we will present how to delete a Pivot Table but keep the data that we need.
Remove the Pivot Table While Keeping the Data
To show it in the example, we will use the table with NBA players and their statistics in several categories: points, rebounds, assists, and turnovers:
To create a Pivot Table, we will select all the data, go to Insert >> Tables >> Pivot Table:
On the pop-up window that appears, we will click OK and then we will have our Pivot Table set. In our table, we will have the Player in Rows field, and the Sum of Points and Sum of Rebounds in Values Fields:
Our Pivot Table looks like this:
Now, to remove the table but keep the data, we must first copy the data. To do this, we will click anywhere on the table, go to the PivotTable Analyze tab and then choose Entire PivotTable >> Actions >> Select >> Entire PivotTable to secure that the entire table gets copied:
We will then go to the table, right-click on it and choose Copy, or we will click the combination of CTRL + C.
Next, we go to the desired cell, in our case cell F3, and we will choose to right-click on it and choose one of the pasting options:
We will choose the second option- Paste as Values. This is what we get:
All we need to do now is delete our original Pivot Table. To do this, we can select the entire table again, and then by clicking the Delete button on our keyboard.
If we want to clear the data (our field list) but keep the Pivot Table, we can select the data in our table, and then go to PivotTable Analyze >> Actions >> Clear >> Clear All:
This is what we will get:
