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Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
Excel for Mac speaks its own shortcut dialect: close to the Windows version, but not identical. Here are 63 shortcuts as they actually work on macOS.
All shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Add / Edit Comment | ⇧F2 |
| Align Center | ⌘E |
| Align Left | ⌘L |
| Align Right | ⌘R |
| Apply Currency Format | ⌃⇧4 |
| Apply Date Format | ⌃⇧3 |
| Apply General Format | ⌃⇧` |
| Apply Outline Border | ⌥⌘0 |
| Apply Percentage Format | ⌃⇧5 |
| Apply Scientific Format | ⌃⇧6 |
| Apply Time Format | ⌃⇧@ |
| AutoSum | ⇧⌘T |
| Bold | ⌘B |
| Close Workbook | ⌘W |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Copy Formula from Cell Above | ⌃' |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Delete Cells / Rows / Columns | ⌃⌫ |
| Edit Active Cell | ⌃U |
| Excel Preferences | ⌘, |
| Fill Down | ⌘D |
| Fill Right | ⌘R |
| Find | ⌘F |
| Find & Replace | ⌃H |
| Format Cells Dialog | ⌘1 |
| Go To | ⌃G |
| Go To Cell | ⌘G |
| Group Rows / Columns | ⇧⌘K |
| Hide Columns | ⌥⌘0 |
| Hide Rows | ⌥⇧⌘H |
| Insert Cells / Rows / Columns | ⌃⇧+ |
| Insert Current Date | ⌃; |
| Insert Current Time | ⌘; |
| Insert Function | ⇧F3 |
| Insert Hyperlink | ⌥⇧⌘K |
| Italic | ⌘I |
| New Workbook | ⌘N |
| New Worksheet | ⇧F11 |
| Open Workbook | ⌘O |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Paste Special | ⌥⌘V |
| ⌘P | |
| Quit Excel | ⌘Q |
| Recalculate All | ⌥⌘R |
| Redo | ⌘Y |
| Repeat / Toggle Reference | F4 |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save As | F12 |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Select Entire Column | ⌃Space |
| Select Entire Row | ⇧Space |
| Show / Hide Formulas | ⌃` |
| Sort Ascending | ⇧⌘R |
| Spell Check | F7 |
| Switch to Next Sheet | ⌃⇥ |
| Toggle AutoFilter | ⇧⌘F |
| Toggle Cell Reference Anchor | ⌘T |
| Trace Dependents | ⌃] |
| Trace Precedents | ⌃[ |
| Underline | ⌘U |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Ungroup Rows / Columns | ⇧⌘J |
| View / Run Macros | ⌥F8 |
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FAQ
How many Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts are there?
This guide lists 63 Microsoft Excel shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.
Do Windows Excel shortcuts work on Mac?
Many do if you swap Ctrl for Command, but not all. Recent Excel for Mac versions also accept some original Ctrl combinations, which is why this list shows the Mac defaults explicitly.
What is the fastest way to learn Microsoft Excel shortcuts?
Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in Microsoft Excel and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.