Learn how to add a legend to a chart, retrieve a missing legend, and adjust its settings. Add, edit, or remove a chart legend in Excel.

Click Add Chart Element > Legend. To change the position of the legend, choose Right , Top , Left , or Bottom . To change the format of the legend, click More Legend Options , and then …

When a chart has a legend displayed, you can modify the individual legend entries by editing the corresponding data on the worksheet. For additional editing options, or to modify legend …

Change or create legend names for an Excel chart by editing the legend name cells or using the Select Data option.

Click anywhere in the chart to show the Chart tab on the ribbon. Click Format to open the chart formatting options. In the Chart pane, expand the Legend section. Add or edit the Legend to …

Use Excel with your keyboard and a screen reader to add a title, data labels, and a legend to a chart. We have tested it with Narrator, JAWS, and NVDA, but it might work with other screen …

Add a data series to a chart in Excel. Show a new data series in your chart (graph) by including the series and its name in the chart source data.

Add data labels to a chart. Click the data series or chart. To label one data point, after clicking the series, click that data point. In the upper right corner, next to the chart, click Add Chart …

Add a legend or data table You can show or hide a legend, change its location, or modify the legend entries. In some charts, you can also show a data table that displays the legend keys …

If your chart contains chart titles (ie. the name of the chart) or axis titles (the titles shown on the x, y or z axis of a chart) and data labels (which provide further detail on a particular data point on …