Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 23, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Julia would like to hide all the rows in a worksheet except rows 1-30. She is looking for the fastest, easiest way to do this.
If you don't have to do the hiding too often, the easiest method is the following, provided there is something in every cell of column A:
If you don't have data in all the cells of column A, then the following variation is probably the fastest method:
Here's another quick method that can be used:
If you need to hide rows like this quite often, you could use the macro recorder to record any of the above techniques, or you could use a more flexible macro, like this one:
Sub HideRows() Dim r As Variant On Error GoTo Canceled r = InputBox("Rows to Hide:") Rows(r).EntireRow.Hidden = True Canceled: End Sub
The only caveat is that you need to remember to include a colon in the rows you specify for the macro. Thus, if you wanted to hide rows 31 through 543, you would enter 31:543.
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