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[text] G QR O ntpssupportmicrosoft.comenusofficestopautomaticallychangingnumberstodates452bd2dbcc9647d181ed72cec 1cdeds we use cookies to improve your experiznce on our websites and for advertising. Privacy Statement Microsoft Support wicosoft3ss Office Windows Surface Xbox Deals Buy Microsoft 365 Office support Products Devices Whatsnew install Office Accountbiling v Templates More support Stop automatically changing numbers to dates Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for the web Excel 2021 Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2013 Mor Microsoft Excel is preprogrammed to make it easier to enter dates. For example 122 changes to 2Dec. This is very frustrating when you enter something that you dont want changed to a date Unfortunately there s no way to turn this off. But there are ways to get around it. ARG AST L Preformat the cells you want to enter numbers into as Text. This way Excel will not try to change what you enter into dates. If you only have a few numbers to enter you can stop Excel from changing them into dates by entering