Whatever the reason, this post helps to delete a text box without removing text in a Word or Excel file on a Windows 11/10 PC. You don’t need any add-ins for this purpose.

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Start Excel. Click the "File" tab. Click "Open." Browse to the spreadsheet with highlighted text and double-click the XLS or XLSX file name. Scroll to the section with the highlight.