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Selection shortcut

Extend the selection to the last used cell

Ctrl + Shift + End on Windows, Fn + Ctrl + Shift + → on Mac.

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When to use it

Extends the selection from the active cell to the last used cell on the sheet.

The shape of it

Windows
Ctrl + Shift + End
Mac
Fn + Ctrl + Shift + →

Worked examples

  • Select all data

    Click A1, press Ctrl + Shift + End A1 to the bottom-right used cell is selected

    The whole sheet's data.

  • Skip headers

    Click B2, Ctrl + Shift + End Everything from B2 to the end

    Skip the header row and first column.

  • Clear to the end

    Ctrl + Shift + End, then Delete Clears everything from the active cell onward

    A quick way to clear old content.

Worth knowing

  • Ctrl + Home first to start from the top.
  • If the selection is far larger than the data, the used range is bloated; see Ctrl + End.
  • Ctrl + Shift + ↓ then → is tighter when the data has no blanks.

Where it goes wrong

  • Includes formatted-but-empty cells at the end.
  • In edit mode it selects text to the end of the entry.

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