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description: Lock individual cells, a spreadsheet tab, or an entire spreadsheet to prevent accidental edits to spreadsheet data. Locking spreadsheet data prevents you and other users from making edits.
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  - Quip
  - Cross Cloud
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# Lock Data in Quip Spreadsheets

Lock individual cells, a spreadsheet tab, or an entire spreadsheet to prevent accidental edits to spreadsheet data. Locking spreadsheet data prevents you and other users from making edits.

## Locked Cells

When an individual cell is locked, no one can:

- Apply formatting.
- Delete the cell.
- Hide or reveal the row or column containing the cell.
- Freeze or unfreeze the row or column containing the cell.
- Move a row or column containing the cell.
- Use filters with a range containing the cell.
- Sort a range containing the cell.

## Locked Tabs

When a tab is locked, no one can:

- Make edits of any kind.
- Add or remove columns or rows.
- Delete the tab.

## Locked Embedded Spreadsheets

When an embedded spreadsheet in a Quip document is lost, no one can:

- Make edits of any kind.
- Add or remove columns or rows.
- Delete the embedded spreadsheet.

## Locked Spreadsheets

When an entire spreadsheet is locked, no one can:

- Make edits of any kind.
- Add or remove columns or rows.
- Delete any tabs.

- **[Lock a Spreadsheet Cell](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.quip_lock_cells.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Lock an individual cell or range of cells to prevent edits to only specific spreadsheet data.
- **[Lock a Spreadsheet Tab](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.quip_lock_spreadsheet_tabs.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Lock one tab in a Quip spreadsheet.
- **[Lock an Embedded Spreadsheet](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.quip_lock_embedded_spreadsheet.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Lock one spreadsheet embedded in a Quip document.
- **[Lock a Spreadsheet](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.quip_lock_entire_spreadsheet.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Lock an entire Quip spreadsheet.