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Paula has a workbook that is linked to other workbooks. These are workbook links, not hyperlinks. She is looking for a way to break all of these types of links.
There are several ways you can approach such a task. One is to manually break the links by displaying the Data tab of the ribbon and clicking Edit Links in the Queries & Connections group. (If the Edit Links tool is not available, it means there are no links in the current workbook.) You can then select the links and click Break Link. You can even select all the links at once by creating a selection set (using Shift and Ctrl to compose the set) prior to clicking on Break Link.
If you prefer not to use the manual method, you can use a short macro to get rid of the links. The following is one example that will do the task:
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
Sub BreakLinks()
Dim strLink
For Each strLink In ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources
ActiveWorkbook.BreakLink Name:=CStr(strLink), _
Type:=xlExcelLinks
Next strLink
End Sub
A third way to manage your links is to look to a third-party solution, such as FindLink or Name Manager. You can find them at the following pages:
http://www.manville.org.uk/software/findlink.htm http://www.jkp-ads.com/OfficeMarketPlaceNM-EN.asp
FindLink was written by Bill Manville and Name Manager by Jan Karel Pieterse, both Excel MVPs.
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2020-01-14 07:59:14
RKeev
Then why not combine name range removal and Links removal?
Sub BreakLinks()
Dim strLink
Dim kName As Name
For Each kName In Names
ActiveWorkbook.Names(kName.Name).Delete
Next
For Each strLink In ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources
ActiveWorkbook.BreakLink Name:=CStr(strLink), _
Type:=xlExcelLinks
Next strLink
End Sub
2020-01-14 06:56:16
Kevin
Hans Re the conditional formatting.
I know this solves it on my requirement which was to achieve one not linked sheet of just the visible formats and values (A yearly record into a combined years workbook).
Copy all used area of sheet.
Take it to a new workbook.
Paste Values, Paste Column Widths, Paste Formats (The three separate actions, If you need formulas or other actions you'll need to try them).
Confirm the new workbook doesn't have any links.
Copy the new created sheet back to where you want it.
I'm now onto guessing if you are wanting to delete the links from a workbook - Either now or a step or two earlier delete your problem sheet/s (I hope not too many sheets).
I hope it's capable of working for you.
2020-01-14 05:05:02
Hans
"Break Links" works fine for formulas and even for graphs, but it does not work for named ranges.
(see Figure 1 below)
There might also be links to other sheets in conditional formatting.
(see Figure 2 below)
Note : this conditional formatting is the result of copy/paste of a cell from one book to an other book. IN the original book, the conditonal formatting was referring to a cell on a second sheet. The result of the copy/paste is a non-working conditional formatting, but it nevertheless blocks the full breaking of linked sheets
Is there also an option to break these type of links? (other than manually one by one)
Figure 1. named range linked to other book
Figure 2. conditonal formatting linked to other book
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