Fortunately the AutoComplete function is not something that you need to accept, and you can turn it off entirely. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can disable it.
Turn Off AutoComplete for Cell Values in Excel 2013
The steps in this article will show you how to turn off the AutoComplete option for Microsoft Excel 2013. This is a program-wide setting, so it will affect every spreadsheet that you open in the program. If you decide later that you preferred to work with the AutoComplete function enabled, then simply follow these same steps to turn it back on.
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