If you use Google Sheets daily, keyboard shortcuts are the fastest way to save time. Instead of digging through menus, a few keystrokes can copy, paste, filter, or format your data instantly.
Navigation Shortcuts
| Action | Windows / Chrome OS | Mac |
| Select entire row | Shift + Space | Shift + Space |
| Select entire column | Ctrl + Space | ⌘ + Space |
| Select all | Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A |
| Jump to beginning of row | Home | Home |
| Jump to end of row | End | End |
| Jump to beginning of sheet | Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Home |
| Jump to end of sheet | Ctrl + End | ⌘ + End |
| Switch to next sheet | Alt + ↓ | Option + ↓ |
| Switch to previous sheet | Alt + ↑ | Option + ↑ |
| Show sheet list | Alt + Shift + K | Option + Shift + K |
Editing & Data Entry
| Action | Windows / Chrome OS | Mac |
| Copy | Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | ⌘ + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V |
| Paste values only | Ctrl + Shift + V | ⌘ + Shift + V |
| Fill down | Ctrl + D | Ctrl + D |
| Fill right | Ctrl + R | Ctrl + R |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z |
| Redo | Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + Shift + Z | ⌘ + Y / ⌘ + Shift + Z |
| Insert current date | Ctrl + ; | ⌘ + ; |
| Insert current time | Ctrl + Shift + ; | ⌘ + Shift + ; |
| Insert date & time | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ; | ⌘ + Option + Shift + ; |
Formatting
| Action | Windows / Chrome OS | Mac |
| Bold | Ctrl + B | ⌘ + B |
| Italic | Ctrl + I | ⌘ + I |
| Underline | Ctrl + U | ⌘ + U |
| Strikethrough | Alt + Shift + 5 | Option + Shift + 5 |
| Align left | Ctrl + Shift + L | ⌘ + Shift + L |
| Align center | Ctrl + Shift + E | ⌘ + Shift + E |
| Align right | Ctrl + Shift + R | ⌘ + Shift + R |
| Format as decimal | Ctrl + Shift + 1 | Ctrl + Shift + 1 |
| Format as time | Ctrl + Shift + 2 | Ctrl + Shift + 2 |
| Format as date | Ctrl + Shift + 3 | Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
| Format as currency | Ctrl + Shift + 4 | Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
| Format as percentage | Ctrl + Shift + 5 | Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
| Format as scientific | Ctrl + Shift + 6 | Ctrl + Shift + 6 |
| Clear formatting | Ctrl + \ | ⌘ + \ |
Sheets, Filters & Views
| Action | Windows / Chrome OS | Mac |
| Insert new sheet | Shift + F11 | Fn + Shift + F11 |
| Apply / remove filter | Ctrl + Shift + L | ⌘ + Shift + F |
| Show formulas instead of results | Ctrl + ` (backtick) | ⌘ + ` |
| Open sheet list | Alt + Shift + K | Option + Shift + K |
| Open version history | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | ⌘ + Option + Shift + H |