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Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns)

Posted in Microsoft Excel by estephen on July 11th, 2007

Similar to yesterday’s tip, you can press Ctrl+0 to hide the column where the cursor is located. Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Shift+0 unhides all the columns in the sheet.

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  1. Narendra Rana said,

    on April 3rd, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Ctrl + Shift + 0 does not unhide the column in Excel 2007 (vista system). Is there any bug fix for this since I’m sure this shortcut has not been removed as it is still mentioned in the Shortcut keys list and in the tip of the day given on top of this page also. [ “Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns)
    Posted in Microsoft Excel by estephen on the July 11th, 2007 ” ]

  2. estephen said,

    on April 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Make sure you have the hidden rows/columns selected when you do this keyboard shortcut. Since they’re hidden, that’s a bit tricky. The best thing to do is go to a cell before the hidden part, then press Shift while you use the right arrow or down arrow key to go after the hidden part, then press Shift+Ctrl+0.

  3. estephen said,

    on April 14th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Or, as I said in the original post — press Ctrl+A to select everything first.

  4. Subashini said,

    on May 21st, 2009 at 1:25 am

    Hi,

    I have been facing the same problem for a while. I kept experimenting with a combination of keys and I just discovered that control shift and = would unhide the hidden columns.

  5. Titus Barik said,

    on June 2nd, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    I can confirm this as well. Something is causing Ctrl + Shift + 0 to get swallowed from within Windows Vista, and it affects any application that is using this key combination, not just Excel. Ctrl + Shift + 1 through Ctrl + Shift + 9 seem to work just fine however.

  6. geo said,

    on August 6th, 2009 at 6:24 am

    this is the fix thx to mikeray on Opera browser forums
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967893

  7. masood said,

    on March 5th, 2012 at 3:18 am

    I am facing the problem. ie: Ctrl+0: Hide Columns in Excel (Ctrl+Shift+0 to Unhide Columns) dost working

  8. Guilherme said,

    on July 24th, 2012 at 8:49 am

    I was facing the same problem, but i’ve found a solution.
    you´ll be able to use ctrl + shift + 0 to unhide columns in Excel 2010 works as expected. To summarize, the solution is (in Windows 7):

    1.Open Control Panel -> Change keyboards or other input methods (Under Clock, Language and Region)
    2.Click the Change Keyboards button on the Keyboards and Languages tab
    3.On the Advanced Key Settings tab, select the Between input languages action and click Change Key Sequence
    4.Under Switch Keyboard Layout, set the radio button to Not Assigned (or one of the other options, if you need this feature to be available)

    Now, works fine for me!

  9. DN said,

    on August 23rd, 2012 at 1:18 am

    Thanks Guilherme .. Soln works

  10. Sandhya said,

    on December 10th, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    Thanks Guilherme.. Great Help !!
    :)

  11. Ramesh said,

    on February 23rd, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    Thanks Guilherme… Excellent… A long irritation solved…

  12. SS said,

    on May 8th, 2013 at 6:34 am

    Guilherme - SOLID! Great help!

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