Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts
Explore all 222 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Microsoft Excel 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.
Top shortcuts
- Shift+Tab — Move to the previous cell in a worksheet or the previous option in a dialog
- ArrowUp — Move one cell up in a worksheet
- ArrowDown — Move one cell down in a worksheet
- ArrowLeft — Move one cell left in a worksheet
- ArrowRight — Move one cell right in a worksheet
- End — Activate End mode
- Ctrl+End — Move to the last cell on a worksheet, to the lowest used row of the rightmost used column
- Ctrl+Shift+End — Extend the selection of cells to the last used cell on the worksheet (lower-right corner)
- ScrollLock — Toggle Scroll Lock mode
- Ctrl+Home — Move to the beginning of a worksheet
- PageDown — Move one screen down in a worksheet
- Ctrl+PageDown — Move to the next sheet in a workbook
- Alt+PageDown — Move one screen to the right in a workbook
- PageUp — Move one screen up in a worksheet
- Alt+PageUp — Move one screen to the left in a worksheet
- Ctrl+PageUp — Move to the previous sheet in a workbook
- Tab — Move one cell to the right in a worksheet
- Alt+ArrowDown — Open the list of validation choices on a cell that has data validation options applied to it
- Ctrl+Alt+5 — Cycle through floating shapes (such as text boxes or images)
- Escape — Exit the floating shape navigation and return to the normal navigation
- Ctrl+1 — Open the Format Cells dialog
- Ctrl+Shift+F — Format fonts in the Format Cells dialog
- F2 — Edit the active cell and put the insertion point at the end of its contents
- Shift+F2 — Add or edit a cell comment
- Ctrl+Shift+Minus — Open the Delete dialog to delete selected cells
- Ctrl+Semicolon — Enter the current date
- Ctrl+Backquote — Switch between displaying cell values or formulas in the worksheet
- Ctrl+Quote — Copy a formula from the cell above the active cell into the cell or Formula Bar
- Ctrl+X — Move the selected cells
- Ctrl+C — Copy the selected cells
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