Alert before overwriting cells

Category

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Excel 2016 > Excel Options > Advanced

Scope

User

Registry Key

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions

Description

This policy setting sets the "Alert before overwriting cells" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing Options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will give a warning if cells are about to be overwritten. This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will suppress the warning that cells are about to be overwritten.