How to Hide Multiple Columns in Excel: 5 Easy Methods

Method 1 – Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Hide Multiple Columns in Excel

Steps:

• Select columns D and E that contain marks in Physics and Chemistry.

• Press Ctrl + 0 simultaneously on your keyboard.
• As a result, you can hide columns D and E, as shown in the screenshot below.

Method 2 – Use of Mouse to Hide Multiple Columns

Steps:

• Select columns D and F.

• Place your cursor upon any selected columns, and press right-click on your mouse.
• A window will appear.
• From the window, select the Hide option.

• You can hide selected columns given in the below screenshot.

Method 3 – Hiding Multiple Columns with Format Command in Excel

Steps:

• Select columns D and E.

• From your Home ribbon, go to,

Home → Cells → Format → Hide & Unhide → Hide Columns

• After clicking on the Hide Columns option, hide multiple columns D and E.

Method 4 – Applying Group Feature to Hide Multiple Columns

Step 1:

• Select columns C to E.

• From your Data ribbon, go to,

Data → Outline → Group → Group

Step 2:

• A Group dialog box will appear in front of you.
• From the Group window, select Columns.
• Press OK.

• The Minus(-) sign will appear on the topmost side of the columns.
• Press on the Minus(-) sign, like in the screenshot below, to hide columns.

• Get your desired output that has been given in the screenshot below.

Method 5 – Running Excel VBA Code to Hide Multiple Columns

Step 1:

• Select cells C4 to E16.

• Open a Module.
• Fom your Developer tab, go to,

Developer → Visual Basic

• After clicking on the Visual Basic ribbon, a window named Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications – Hide Multiple Columns will instantly appear.
• We will insert a module from that window to apply our VBA code.
• Go to,

Insert → Module

Step 2:

• Type the VBA code in the created Module.

Sub Hide_Multiple_Columns_VBA()
Columns("C:E").Hidden = True
End Sub

• Run the code. Go to,

Run → Run Sub/UserForm

Step 3:

• Run the code, and the output will be the following:

Things to Remember

↪  If the Developer Menu does not appear in the Menu Bar, press ALT + F11 keys on your keyboard to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

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