Lock Up Checkbox Paper For Free

Protect the cell or the sheet after the checkbox has been checked. This could be done manually i.e. right click the cell then select protect to open the sidebar to set the protection settings, or automatically by using Google Apps Script.

In the Protected Sheet dialogue box, make sure that the Locked option is selected for both the cells with check boxes and the cells that are linked to them. Then, click OK. Your worksheet is now protected and users will not be able to change any data or delete any check boxes.

Select the cells where you want to delete checkboxes and drop-downs (all of them at once or select particular cells while pressing Ctrl). Go to Data > Data validation in the Google Sheets menu. This will get rid of all drop-downs first. Then press Delete to clear away the remaining checkboxes from the same selection.

Prop ("disabled", true | false); This function returns the Boolean value as if the parameter for this prop() function is specified as true then the selected element or checkbox object is disabled else if the parameter is set to false the checkbox object or any other selected element is not disabled.

Note #1: In Google Sheets, if a checkbox is checked then that cell has an underlying value of TRUE, which is why we use the formula =$B2=TRUE() to determine if a checkbox is checked.

Say you have a checkbox in B2 and want C2 to highlight green when the checkbox is checked. In the conditional formatting menu for C2, you can set the rule to Custom formula is and use the formula =$B2. This Google Sheets ?if checkbox is checked? formatting is handy for to-do lists.

To remove a checkbox, highlight the item next to the checkbox and then click the checkbox icon in the toolbar to undo the formatting. You can also put your cursor in between the checkbox and text and use the backspace button on your keyboard to remove the checkbox.