Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Copying a Hyperlink to Lots of Worksheets.

Copying a Hyperlink to Lots of Worksheets

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 6, 2021)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021


Steven has a worksheet that has a hyperlink in cell B1. He wants to copy this hyperlink to cell D50 on each of the 75 worksheets in a particular workbook. He wonders if there is an easy way to do that.

Actually, there is a very easy way to do it, using editing techniques already familiar to most Excel users. All you need to do is follow these general steps:

  1. Select cell B1. (You'll need to do this by clicking one of the cells next to B1 and then using the arrow keys to move into cell B1. If you simply click the cell, you run the risk of activating the hyperlink, which you don't want to do.)
  2. Press Ctrl+C to copy the cell contents (the hyperlink) to the Clipboard.
  3. Select the first worksheet in the series (click the tab for that worksheet). Be aware that the first worksheet in the series cannot be the worksheet you are copying from
  4. Hold down the Shift key as you click on the tab for the last worksheet in the series. A range of worksheets should now be selected. Excel also adds the word [Group] to the title bar to indicate you have a group of worksheets selected
  5. Select cell D50.
  6. Press Ctrl+V.
  7. Select the worksheet you are copying from (in step 1) and select cell D50.
  8. Press Ctrl+V.

That's it. You end up with the hyperlink pasted into cell D50 on each and every worksheet. Step 7 above ungrouped the worksheets (that were grouped in steps 3 and 4) so you can go back to working on a single worksheet.

ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (10850) applies to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Excel here: Copying a Hyperlink to Lots of Worksheets.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. ...

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