excel file size doesn't decrease even delete all sheets and insert new blank sheet

alinaim1357

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i used data source with nearly 31400 rows and 14 columns to analyse my data in excel but this data source made my excel file from 30 kilobytes size to 5 mg
so i decided to delete data source and keep my sheets but the problem doesn't solved
at the end i insert new blank sheet and delete all used sheets but this new blank sheets with no data is 1 mg?
 

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Upload the '5mg' file and provide a link to it, so we can see what it occurring.

5mg? That seems kind of light.

Did you mean 5Mb or 5 Gb?
 
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Do you have formatted Cell in your workbook?
What about Clear Contents at all Sheets?
thanks the problem is about 1mg size for new empty sheet in a file that all sheets have been deleted
 
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Try to save your workbook as binary format .xlsb …​
 
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If you delete the named range, the workbook size will drop.
 
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