I want to disable Excel 365 performance improvement auto-nags

Anonymous
2024-04-12T08:17:24+00:00

Let's skip back to How to stop Excel from automatically checking Workbook performance? - Microsoft Community

This is about repetitive screen clutter, it doesn't need to be there so let's switch it off. I'll point out that contract worker such as myself have no scope to change the settings of the working models of companies we work at. So on a daily basis we have to clean away screen trash which is electronically generated by a Microsoft product. Screen space is always at a premium.

Now the answers on the above link completely skip around the issue - if anything they misunderstand what the questioner is driving at. As another person irritated by intrusive - let's call it feature creep (harsher words could be used) - I'm bemused that increasing product complexity isn't accompanied by ways to clean things up by eg turning off nags.

The issue hasn't gone away. It isn't solved. And yes - just to be clear - I'm perfectly able to redesign spreadsheets to make them more efficient and limit bloat - and I do this if it's in my remit.

I'm also aware that answers can be phrased to close down issues that aren't going to be fixed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-17T20:40:17+00:00

    it is now July 17, 2024 and still not updated. tick tock microsoft tick tock.

    I found 3 other threads addressing this issue and all had no solution. One even said that MS programmers are working on the solution but that it is turning out to be harder than they anticipated. REALLY?!? learn to code bro

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-04T17:20:48+00:00

    I have not gotten any feedback or responses from Microsoft. I do see that there are plenty of other people complaining about this issue. Incredibly frustrating!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-04T16:06:17+00:00

    Are they still working on it? Because this issue is incredibly annoying and most of us who use this software frequently do not need asinine suggestions that provide zero value.

    I'm not sure what the brain trust at Microsoft even does at this point other than constantly reinventing the wheel, with each time being substantially worse than the last.

    Does no one test these things before updates roll out? Hilarious that a $3T company operates like this. I've seen startups with more foresight and organization.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-30T16:08:30+00:00

    If the feature is not there, how raising a support ticket would help, exactly?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-30T15:37:15+00:00

    I am positive you said something very similar number of months ago. Can you kindly escalate and get a definitive ETA?

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