How can there be guests on my excel sheet that i did not give access to??

Thank you,

I have tried all that. The 2 files are work files that I only shared with my co-worker who has to work on them as well. The link was never shared to anyone else. But 2 strange names popped up as guests while I was working on the file. I could net remove them (trying all that you suggested above)

I don't think these are random guests looking at your spreadsheet. I think for some reason the user "id" of the people you have shared it with are not getting recognized and excel assigns a random "guest" name. We were given "citrus" and "crabwood". It was obvious it was us as the cells we clicked in became highlighted as we moved around the spreadsheet. Not sure why this is happening however.

Same issue here. I've removed the Link entirely, revoked access except to my co-workers and "Cogwell" (guest) is showing up.

Talk about losing my composure. These are private spreadsheets for a reason. Microsoft needs to get it together.

Hello KayVee, did you find a way out of the issue eventually?

I'm having the exact same problem right now, only that the guest's name is "Honeydew". It gives me the chills to think that someone random may be spying on the work I'm doing.

I am having the same issue. An excel file shared with only one other person. We had two extra guests that we could not remove.. quickly deleted the data but I am unsure if they can still access the old versions? Very frightening! Names included Jacaranda, who's name then changed to Jackfruit, and then Sycamore.