I've seen many threads on this and I do not have the options mentioned in any of them. Can someone please tell me how to set excel as the default for spreadsheets instead of numbers? Other threads have mentioned right click>open with>excel>set as default and I do not have any sort of set as default option
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6
In Finder, right-click any Excel file and choose Get Info. In the window that opens go to the "Open with:" section, choose Excel and click the button "Change All".
In Finder, right-click any Excel file and choose Get Info. In the window that opens go to the "Open with:" section, choose Excel and click the button "Change All".
Right click on an XLSX file in Finder and choose "Get Info". In the window that pops up will be "open with". Choose Excel as the app. Click on "Change All". Do the same thing for an XLS file and a CSV file, if you have any.
These instructions are pretty much exactly what you found already.
How to set excel as default spreadsheet instead of numbers
