Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseSeptember 30, 1985 (1985-09-30)
Stable release(s)
Latest versions (365 and Office)
  • Microsoft 365 & Retail[a] (Windows)2508 (Build 19127.20192) / 3 September 2025 (2025-09-03)[1][2][3][4]
    Microsoft 365 (Mac)16.100.3 (Build 25083017) / 2 September 2025 (2025-09-02)[5]
    Office 2024 (LTSC)2408 (Build 17932.20496) / 3 September 2025 (2025-09-03)[2]
    Office 2021 (LTSC)2108 (Build 14334.20244) / 4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)[3]
    Office 2019 (LTSC)1808 (Build 10417.20042) / 4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)[4]

Latest versions (standalone app)
  • WindowsSeptember 2025 Update (19.2509.46141.0) / 18 September 2025 (2025-09-18)[6]
    Android16.0 (Build 19127.20172) / 29 August 2025 (2025-08-29)[7][8]
    iOS2.101 / 15 September 2025 (2025-09-15)[9]
Written inC++ (back-end)[10]
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Android, iOS
TypeSpreadsheet
LicenseTrialware[11] or Proprietary commercial software
Websitemicrosoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel

Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

Excel forms part of the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office suites of software and has been developed since 1985.


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