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It’s easy to think in terms of rows and choose the wrong option!

Choose carefully when using this option to delete blank rows when you really want to delete just the blank cells. If you choose Delete Sheet Rows in step 4, you could potentially destroy data (often unseen) to the right. LEARN MORE: Office 365 Consumer pricing and featuresĬhoosing Delete Cells deletes only the blank cells in the previously selected range.

Excel will delete the blank cells from the selected data range.

Excel will display the Delete dialog box, with the Delete Cells Up option selected. On the Home tab, click the Delete dropdown in the Cells group and choose Delete Cells.

Now you’re ready to delete the selected cells.

Doing so selects the blank cells (what you might think of as rows) in the selected range.

In the resulting Go To dialog box, click Special.

Fortunately, there’s an easy way to remove blank rows from a data range, but this easy technique has the potential to destroy data, so you must be careful.Īfter selecting the data range in Excel, continue as follows:

Excel uses blanks to determine data ranges, and a blank row in the wrong place will inhibit many built-in features. Blank rows aren’t bad, but in most sheets, they’re definitely undesirable.