Smartsheet Delete Columns Restriction Fix: Save Hours
Delete more than five columns with one click
- •Select any number of columns and click Delete with SSFeatures to remove them all at once, so you skip deleting in groups.
- •Bypass Smartsheet's five column limit and avoid the "A maximum of 5 columns can be deleted at one time" error for faster sheet cleanup.
- •Save hours each week on repeat tasks.
Normally Smartsheet does not let you delete more than five columns at once. I'm going to show you how to get around this limitation. First, download SSFeatures. Open your sheet in Grid view. Select all of the columns that you want to delete. Right click one of the columns. Click delete column. Click \"Delete with SSFeatures\". SSFeatures will delete all of the columns for you, even if you selected more than five columns. This saves you a lot of time and effort.
Use Cases
Cleaning Up Old Sheets - When working with sheets that have grown cluttered over time, you can quickly delete dozens of unused columns in one step.
Template Adjustments - If you duplicate a template but don’t need all the original columns, you can remove the extras instantly instead of deleting them one by one.
Large Sheet Management - For complex projects or reports with many columns, you can quickly slim down the sheet to only what’s necessary by deleting multiple columns in bulk.
Frequently Asked Questions
When you select more than 5 columns, SSFeatures provides a 'Delete with SSFeatures' button. Clicking it instantly removes all selected columns, bypassing Smartsheet’s 5-column deletion limit.
No. With SSFeatures, you can select as many columns as you want and delete them all at once. This eliminates the need to repeat the process in groups of 5.
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