Share your Excel workbook with others

Using a web browser, upload or create a new workbook on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or a SharePoint Online library.

1. Select the filename of the uploaded workbook. It will open in a new tab in your web browser. 

2. Select the Edit in Excel button. If you don't have this button, select Edit in Browser then select Edit in Excel after the page reloads. 

3. Select Open Microsoft Excel. 

4. When the file opens in the Excel program, you may see a yellow bar indicating that the file is in Protected View. If so, you can select Enable Editing. 

5. Select Share in the upper-right. 

6. Select Invite People, then type email addresses and separate each with a semicolon.

7. Select Can Edit. if you intend to allow that.

8. When you're done, select the Share button. 

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Recipients will get an email message inviting them to open the workbook by clickin the included . They can click the link. A web browser will open displaying the file via Excel for the web.  To edit in the browser, they can click Edit Workbook > Edit in Browser.  Alternatively, to open it in the Excel app, they can click Edit Workbook > Edit in Excel.

Multiple people can use co-authoring to concurrently edit a workbook. To do so, all participants must have a version of the Excel app that supports co-authoring, such as Excel for Android, Excel for iOS, Excel Mobile, and Microsoft 365 subscription.  Otherwise, recipients can click Edit Workbook > Edit in Browser to edit the file in Excel for the web.