Ben Stockton
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United Kingdom
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How to Lock Cells in Microsoft Excel to Prevent Editing
If you want to restrict editing in a Microsoft Excel worksheet to certain areas, you can lock cells to do so. You can block edits to individual cells, larger cell ranges, or entire worksheets, depending on your requirements. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Change Your Discord Profile Picture
If you’re a regular Discord user, you may want to personalize your profile by adding a custom profile picture. This image will represent you on Discord, appearing next to messages you send on the platform. Here’s how to change it. → Read More
How to Hide Errors in Google Sheets
If you break a formula in Google Sheets, an error message will appear. You might prefer to hide these error messages to get a clean spreadsheet, especially if the overall data isn’t affected, using the IFERROR function. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Rename Columns or Rows in Google Sheets
If you’re creating a Google Sheets spreadsheet for others to use, you can make it easier to refer to certain sections of data by renaming columns or rows using named ranges. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Change the Default Date Format in Google Sheets
If you need to work with another date format in Google Sheets, it’s easy to change your Sheet’s default format to match the standard in any location. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Change Your Steam Profile Picture
If you’re a regular gamer on Steam, you may want to insert some of your own personality into your public profile. A good way to do this is by changing your profile picture on Steam with a custom avatar. → Read More
How to Drop a Pin in Google Maps on Your Computer or Phone
If you’re looking to save a new location you found in Google Maps, you’ll need to drop a pin on the exact location. Doing so will help you to find it again. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Add, Edit, or Delete Recurring Events in Google Calendar
If you’re faced with planning regular meetings, keep track of them by scheduling recurring events in Google Calendar. Here’s how to add, edit, and remove recurring events from your personal or work calendar. → Read More
How to Download and Save Images from a Google Docs Document
Google Docs is great for collaboration, but grabbing images that were uploaded to the document is more difficult than it should be. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to download the original photos to your Windows 10, Mac, or Linux computer. → Read More
How to Send Emails to Undisclosed Recipients in Gmail
If you’re looking to send an email in Gmail to a large number of undisclosed recipients, you may wish to hide their email addresses from others. It’s easy to do using the blind carbon copy (BCC) feature. → Read More
How to Change Your Account Email Address on Disney+
If you’re a Disney+ subscriber, you’ll need your email address and password to sign in and start streaming. Should you need to change your email address at any point, however, you’ll need to do so in your Disney+ account settings. → Read More
How to Use the LEN Function in Microsoft Excel
If you’ve ever wanted to try and find the number of characters in a line of text, you can use Microsoft Excel to do so, thanks to the LEN function. Here’s how to use it. → Read More
How to Limit Responses in Google Forms
Google Forms is a great way to collate responses from others online, whether it’s for a job or a research project. Limiting the responses manually is possible, but you’ll need to install add-ons to limit them automatically. Here’s how. → Read More
How to Change Your TikTok Username
If you signed up for TikTok in haste, you might be regretting your choice of username. Rather than sticking it out with something embarrassing, it’s a quick and easy process to change your TikTok username. → Read More
How to Merge Spotify Playlists
If you’ve put together several Spotify playlists, but you’re looking to consolidate your collection, you may want to look at merging them. There isn’t a built-in method for merging playlists on Spotify, but there are ways to do it. → Read More
How to Add, Edit, or Delete Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge
If you’re saving passwords in Microsoft Edge, then you don’t need to worry about signing in to your favorite websites. If you need to edit or delete a saved password, however, you’ll need to access Edge’s “Settings” menu. → Read More
How to Clear Your Recently Played List on Spotify
Thanks to Spotify’s “Recently Played” section, there’s no hiding your secret music vices. If you want to keep your music habits secret, you’ll need to clear the entries from your Spotify “Recently Played” list by following these steps. → Read More
How to Use Spoiler Tags to Hide Messages and Images on Discord
Discord is great for catching up with friends in like-minded community servers, but that doesn't mean that every message you send is suitable for all users. A way around this is to use spoiler tags to initially hide certain messages. → Read More
How to Change Your Status on Discord
Your Discord status shows whether you’re busy or AFK. You can change it on the Discord website, the desktop app for Windows or Mac, or the mobile app for Android, iPhone, or iPad. → Read More
How to Add Custom Emoji to a Discord Server
A Discord server can be heavily customized to serve the needs of its members. One way to do this is by adding custom emoji. You can do this on the Discord website, or in the desktop or mobile app. → Read More