Most Useful Excel Keyboard Shortcuts

In this overview, you can find the functionalities and key combinations of the most useful Excel keyboard shortcuts.

Use keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow on Excel.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts have slight differences depending on platform.


Description Windows Mac OS
Copy Ctrl + C Command + C or Ctrl + C
Paste Ctrl + V Command + V or Ctrl + V
Cut Ctrl + S Command + X or Ctrl + X
Undo Ctrl + Z Command + Z or Ctrl + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y Command + Y or Ctrl + Y or Command + Shift + Z
Remove Cell Contents Delete Delete
Bold Ctrl + B Command + B or Ctrl + B
Italic Ctrl + I Command + I or Ctrl + I
Underline Ctrl + U Command + U or Ctrl + U
Fill cells down Ctrl + D Command + D or Ctrl + D
Fill cells right Ctrl + R Command + R or Ctrl + R
Insert cells Ctrl + Shift + Plus sign (+) Ctrl + Shift + Equal sign (=)
Delete cells Ctrl + Hyphen (-) Command + Hyphen (-) or Ctrl + Hyphen (-)
Save Ctrl + S Command + S or Ctrl + S
Save As F12 Command + Shift + S or F12
Print Ctrl + P Command + P or Ctrl + P
Close Window Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 Command + W or Ctrl + W
Quit Excel Alt + F4 Command + Q

Move and Scroll using Keyboard Shortcuts

This is an overview of key combinations used to navigate within an Excel workbook.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts have slight differences depending on platform.


Description Windows Mac OS
Navigation between cells Arrow keys Arrow keys
Navigation between unlocked cells on a protected sheet Tab key Tab key
Horizontal Scrolling Shift + scroll the mouse wheel up for left and down for right Shift + scroll the mouse wheel up for left and down for right
Access Go To Alt + G Ctrl + G
Access Find Alt + F Ctrl + F or Shift + F5 Access search while in a cell Ctrl + F Command + F
Move to the edge of the selected data region Ctrl + Arrow key Command + Arrow key
Move to the start of a row Alt + H Home or Fn + Left arrow key
Move to the start of the sheet Ctrl + Home Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + Fn + Left arrow key
Move to last used cell on the sheet Ctrl + End Ctrl + End or Ctrl + Fn + Right arrow key
Navigate one screen down Page down Page down or Fn + Down arrow key
Navigate one screen up Page up Page up or Fn + Up arrow key
Navigate one screen to the right Alt + Page down Alt + Page down or Fn + Alt + Down arrow key
Navigate one screen to the left Alt + Page up Alt + Page up or Fn + Alt + Up arrow key
Navigate the next sheet Ctrl + Page down Ctrl + Page up or Alt + Right arrow key
Navigate the previous sheet Ctrl + Page up Ctrl + Page down or Alt + Left arrow key
Scroll to active cell Shift + Tab Ctrl + Delete



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