Google Sheets Keyboard Shortcuts Guide

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We all know the disruption the mouse enabled graphical user interface brought to the world. It was revolutionary. Without a doubt, navigation within the applications has become a lot more intuitive. However, for a regular user, using a mouse to work on Google Sheets can slow down productivity. Because, keyboard strokes take much less time to perform than using the mouse to navigate and click. In this article, we list down the most useful Google Sheets keyboard shortcuts. Since, working with the keyboard is much faster than with the mouse.

Google Sheets Keyboard Shortcuts

There are a lot of Google Sheets keyboard shortcuts available for us to be able to productively accomplish our day to day tasks. You may access the comprehensive list here. But, we list below the most useful ones below.

File actions

Action Windows Mac
Save
(every change is saved automatically in Drive)
Ctrl + s ⌘ + s
Open Ctrl + o ⌘ + o
Print Ctrl + p ⌘ + p

Data handling

Action Windows Mac
Copy Ctrl + c ⌘ + c
Cut Ctrl + x ⌘ + x
Paste Ctrl + v ⌘ + v
Paste values only Ctrl + Shift + v ⌘ + Shift + v
Undo Ctrl + z ⌘ + z
Redo Ctrl + y ⌘ + y
Ctrl + Shift + z ⌘ + Shift + z
F4 Fn + F4
Find Ctrl + f ⌘ + f
Find and replace Ctrl + h ⌘ + Shift + h
Fill range Ctrl + Enter ⌘ + Enter
Fill down Ctrl + d ⌘ + d
Fill right Ctrl + r ⌘ + r
Select all Ctrl + a ⌘ + a
Ctrl + Shift + Space ⌘ + Shift + Space
Select column Ctrl + Space Ctrl + Space
Select row Shift + Space Shift + Space

 

Navigation

Action Windows Mac
Move to beginning of row Home Fn + Left arrow
Move to beginning of sheet Ctrl + Home ⌘ + Fn + Left arrow
Move to end of row End Fn + Right arrow
Move to end of sheet Ctrl + End ⌘ + Fn + Right arrow
Scroll to active cell Ctrl + Backspace ⌘ + Backspace
Move to next sheet Ctrl + Shift + Page Down ⌘ + Shift + Fn + Down arrow
Move to previous sheet Ctrl + Shift + Page Up ⌘ + Shift + Fn + Up arrow
Display list of sheets Alt + Shift + k Option + Shift + k
Open hyperlink Alt + Enter Option + Enter
Open Explore Alt + Shift + x Option + Shift + x
Move focus out of spreadsheet Ctrl + Alt + Shift + m Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift + m
Open drop-down menu on filtered cell Ctrl + Alt + r Ctrl + ⌘ + r

 

Formatting

Action Windows Mac
Bold Ctrl + b ⌘ + b
Underline Ctrl + u ⌘ + u
Italic Ctrl + i ⌘ + i
Strikethrough Alt + Shift + 5 Option + Shift + 5
Center align Ctrl + Shift + e ⌘ + Shift + e
Left align Ctrl + Shift + l ⌘ + Shift + l
Right align Ctrl + Shift + r ⌘ + Shift + r
Apply outer border Alt + Shift + 7 Option + Shift + 7
Ctrl + Shift + 7 ⌘ + Shift + 7
Apply top border Alt + Shift + 1 Option + Shift + 1
Apply right border Alt + Shift + 2 Option + Shift + 2
Apply bottom border Alt + Shift + 3 Option + Shift + 3
Apply left border Alt + Shift + 4 Option + Shift + 4
Remove borders Alt + Shift + 6 Option + Shift + 6
Insert link Ctrl + k ⌘ + k
Insert time Ctrl + Shift + ; ⌘ + Shift + ;
Insert date Ctrl + ; ⌘ + ;
Insert date and time Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ; ⌘ + Option + Shift + ;
Format as decimal Ctrl + Shift + 1 Ctrl + Shift + 1
Format as time Ctrl + Shift + 2 Ctrl + Shift + 2
Format as date Ctrl + Shift + 3 Ctrl + Shift + 3
Format as currency Ctrl + Shift + 4 Ctrl + Shift + 4
Format as percentage Ctrl + Shift + 5 Ctrl + Shift + 5
Format as exponent Ctrl + Shift + 6 Ctrl + Shift + 6
Clear formatting Ctrl + \ ⌘ + \

 

Notes and comments

Action Windows Mac
Insert/edit note Shift + F2 Shift + F2
Insert/edit comment Ctrl + Alt + m ⌘ + Option + m
Open comment discussion thread Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a ⌘ + Option + Shift + a
Enter current comment holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then c
Move to next comment holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then c
Move to previous comment holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then c

 

That was the list of most commonly used Google Sheets keyboard shortcuts. Should you need more of these hacks to maximize your productivity in Google Sheets, check out our blog post with 10 spreadsheet tips and tricks. 

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