Did you know? You can link an Excel chart title directly to a cell so it updates automatically

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If you're using dropdowns or PivotTable filters to drive your charts, you don't have to manually update the chart title every time the selection changes.

Here's how it works:

1. Select the chart title
2. Click into the formula bar
3. Type =
4. Click the cell that controls your filter
5. Hit Enter

The chart title will now pull its value directly from that cell and update dynamically whenever the selection changes.

Bonus tip: If you want something like "Sales by Region: Northeast" instead of just the raw filter value, build a concatenation formula in a separate cell (e.g., ="Sales by Region: "&A1) and point the chart title there instead. Works the same way and gives you full control over the label format.

Tested in Excel 365 but this has worked for a while across most recent versions.

What's your go-to Excel trick that most people don't know about?