Close Excel com object without saving changes?

Hi, I am trying to write a script which opens each of 31 excel workbooks, retrieves a value from a cell, and closes each workbook after retrieving.
My code so far:
$day=1
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible=$True
$workbook= $excel.Workbooks.Open("C:\Path|to\File\1_"+$day+"_14.xlsx")
$workbook.sheets.item(1).activate()
$WorkbookTotal=$workbook.Worksheets.item(1)
$value = $WorkbookTotal.Cells.Item(7,13)
$value.Text #this should give you back the Value in that Cell
$excel.close()
My problem is that when the code hits the $excel.close() method, the file stays open, and prompts for saving changes. I don't know why it thinks there are changes, but what I want is to close the workbook without saving changes.
I've just closed 44 open browser tabs, and have tried many things over the last hour, but can't seem to get this one.
If anyone has any advice on how to do this, it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Kevin

Hi,
Please replace below code:
$excel.close()
with
$workbook.close($false)
$excel.quit()
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Yan Li
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