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Selection shortcut
Extend the selection to the last used cell
Ctrl + Shift + End on Windows, Fn + Ctrl + Shift + → on Mac.
CommonDifficulty 1000 · Capable
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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