Declutter Planner Spreadsheet

About this template

This declutter planner takes you through the house room by room and records what you decide about each item. It is for anyone clearing a home before a move (a moving declutter is where it earns its keep), a spring clean or a simpler way of living, who wants a decluttering plan that shows how far they have got and what the things they sold actually brought in.

Please read: This is a tracker tool only, not financial, tax, legal, medical or any other professional advice or advisory service. It records and calculates what you enter; you are solely responsible for checking all figures, rates, dates and results and for every decision you make. By purchasing, downloading or using it, you accept these terms (your statutory consumer rights are not affected).

Five decisions, not two

Every item gets one of five decisions: keep, sell, donate, recycle or bin. Each is color coded, so a room is easy to read at a glance and the declutter checklist never turns into a vague pile of maybes.

Worth against sold for

What you think something is worth and what somebody actually paid are two different numbers. Both columns sit on the same row. After thirty items, the difference between them is the most honest thing the file will tell you.

Progress per room and overall

A declutter usually stalls in the third room, and a percentage is what gets you into the fourth. The planner shows how far through you are in each room and across the whole house. It also totals what is listed for sale and has not gone yet, which is the pile that quietly moves back into the house.

• 300 items across twelve rooms
• Keep, sell, donate, recycle or bin
• What you think each item is worth, and what it actually sold for
• How far through, as a percentage
• Still to sell, totaled
• A Habits tab for small regular habits, such as clearing one drawer, because a declutter is a habit before it is a project
• A Tasks tab for everything the main tab does not cover, from charity runs to home organization jobs
• A dashboard reading all of it

Six connected tabs and a filled example

Start Here, Setup, Declutter, Tasks, Habits and Dashboard. The example copy holds 32 items across ten rooms, with 18 gone and 56% done. The blank copy is ready for your own home, and the Start Here tab walks you through setup in a few minutes.

Works with

• Microsoft Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365, on Windows and Mac, and LibreOffice
• Google Sheets with a free Google account. The Google Sheets version is a real workbook you take a copy of, not a PDF with a link in it.
• No dynamic arrays, no macros, no add-ins and no subscription

What you download

• Two Excel workbooks: the filled example and a blank one
• The instruction guide, with one-click links to the Google Sheets versions (filled and blank)
• The terms of use as a PDF

Your files are ready the moment payment clears, for personal and business use on your own devices. Please do not share or resell them. Questions? Use our contact page and we will help.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work in Excel and Google Sheets?

Yes. The Excel workbooks run on Excel 2016 or later on Windows and Mac, and the instruction guide has one-click links to copy the Google Sheets versions with a free Google account.

Can I track what I sell?

Yes. Each item has what you think it is worth and what it actually sold for, and the items listed but not yet sold are totaled.

Can I see progress room by room?

Yes. It shows how far through you are as a percentage for each room and for the whole house.

How many items and rooms does it hold?

300 items across twelve rooms.

What choices can I give each item?

Keep, sell, donate, recycle or bin, each in its own color.