If it's not a comment then it's likely to be the input message from a Data
Validation option.

Select the range, do Data / Validation and then clear the entry on the Input
Message tab

Regards
Ken.....................



"pjsicon" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet I downloaded. On a select range of cells, when my
cursor
is placed within this range, it displays a box with some text. I want to
delete this function. does anyone have an idea?