albatross. 1  A metaphor for a dead weight or burden that one must carry, especially when the burden is not a literal one but a stigma of some kind that one cannot easily discard or throw off. The name comes from a story about a sailor who killed an albatross that was following his ship, an act thought to bring bad luck upon the ship.
Run the Remove Characters tool by clicking on its icon under the Ablebits Data tab in Excel. To remove characters select the range with the cells that contain values you want to delete. Expand the group Remove characters or substrings. You can select one of three radio buttons according to your task.
Delete one sheet at a time by selecting it and then clicking the Delete button on the Home tab. You can also right-click the tab and select Delete from the menu options. If you want to delete multiple sheets simultaneously, select the first tab, hold your Shift key and then press Delete on the Ribbon. If one or more of the tabs contain data, however, Excel warnd you that there is no way to undo the deletion and reclaim your data.