How to fix the first two greyed out columns on Numbers?

I have made a spreadsheet, and my little dog has jumped on my iPad and did something, and I can’t figure out how to undo it. It’s too late to press the undo button, I’ve edited it too much before realising.


The first two columns are now grey, and when I swipe to the right, the two columns stay in view but the rest of the data columns disappear. I’ve tried to take pictures to show what I mean.


TIA!




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Original Title: Please help me undo what I have done!

iPad, iPadOS 18

Posted on May 31, 2025 4:00 AM

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Posted on May 31, 2025 5:01 AM

No biggy.


  1. Click on the table to select it
  2. Click on the paintbrush at the top of the screen
  3. Click on the "Table" tab to see the table settings, if it is not already selected
  4. Click on "Headers and Footer". You might have to scroll down to see it.
  5. Change Header Columns to 0 (assuming you want zero header columns)


There may be an easier way or another way to do this but these steps will get it back like it was.

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May 31, 2025 5:01 AM in response to Clairaloulou

No biggy.


  1. Click on the table to select it
  2. Click on the paintbrush at the top of the screen
  3. Click on the "Table" tab to see the table settings, if it is not already selected
  4. Click on "Headers and Footer". You might have to scroll down to see it.
  5. Change Header Columns to 0 (assuming you want zero header columns)


There may be an easier way or another way to do this but these steps will get it back like it was.

How to fix the first two greyed out columns on Numbers?

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