How to Unhide the First Column or Row in Excel Worksheets

Hiding cells in Microsoft Excel is handy when you want to focus on a certain portion of your spreadsheet. However, if you hide the first column or row, it’s not as easy to unhide these spots as with other parts of your sheet.

We’ll show you how to unhide the first column and the first row in Excel if needed. The instructions are the same for Microsoft Excel on Windows and Mac.

Unhide All Columns and Rows in Excel

If your worksheet doesn’t have any otherhidden columns or rowsbesides the first ones, you can simply unhide all of them.

Unhide the First Column or Row in Excel

If you do have other columns or rows hidden in your sheet but don’t want to unhide them all, you can go to cell A1 to unhide the column and/or the row. Let’s start with how to get to cell A1 since you can’t just navigate to it with your mouse or trackpad when it’s hidden.

The ability to hide columns and rows in Excel is a great way to push data out of the way that you don’t need at the moment. If you decide to hide the first column, row, or both in your sheet, you now know how to unhide the column or row a couple of easy ways.

For more, look at how tostop the Excel toolbar from disappearing.

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