Make your formula return what looks like blank when you don't need it:

=Sheet1!A1+sheet1!b99
may become

=if(sheet1!a1+sheet1!b99=0,"",sheet1!a1+sheet1!b99 )

But once you put in a formula, it's gonna have to evaluate to something...

MrQuick wrote:

Is it possible to delete a cell's VALUE without deleting (or "Clearing") the
cell's formula?

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