As Excel doesn't have this limitation, neither should Smartsheet. Please allow a confirmation dialog to override. When importing from Excel, I'm left deleting five columns at a time for 5, 10, 15 minutes.
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Oh gosh - I HATE when I get this message. So annoying, especially when you deal with lots of columns. I don't understand why this limit was created in the first place.
This enrages me. It was described as a setting to safeguard webapp performance in a forum reply from Smarsheet SIX YEARS AGO. The internet and the devices that access it have changed JUST A LITTLE BIT since then. This is a heinous limitation that makes me INSANE. Yet another user pain point that Smartsheet just ignores. Way to rest on those laurels.
Sometimes I just need to delete 6-10 columns and instead have to do 4 at a time because of this strange limit. If a limit must be imposed, can it possibly increased to 10? Only being able to delete 5 at a time adds too much manual work for a simple task.
A major value proposition of Smartsheet is that it can replace Excel. It's then a huge shock to users who have been asked to move to the new Smartsheet platform to find that it allows up to only 5 columns to be deleted at a time. I have seen Smartsheet's response, that the limit is to ensure integrity with the server due to the app being delivered via a browser but this does not persuade me as there are many apps that send large amounts of connected data to a server via packets governed by control data.
There is a maximum limit of 5 columns at a time can be deleted. Would be more efficient if we can delete as many as we want at a time like excel.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I hope this has enough votes to move forward!
Hi @virgh
The ability to delete more than 5 columns has been released this week! You will need to switch over into Table View to complete the task.
Here's more information:
When will this be available in Grid view?
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