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How to Group Worksheets in Excel

Grouping worksheets lets you change several sheets at once: anything you type, delete or format on one grouped sheet happens on all of them. It’s ideal for sheets with the same layout, such as one per month.

  1. Hold down Ctrl and click the tabs of the sheets you want to group, here Sheet1 and Sheet2. (To group a run of neighboring sheets, click the first tab, then hold Shift and click the last.)

    Sheet1 and Sheet2 selected together while holding Ctrl

  2. Release Ctrl. The sheets are now grouped, and [Group] appears after the workbook name in the title bar.

  3. Make a change. Here we type Dallas in cell C9 on Sheet1.

    Typing Dallas in cell C9 while the sheets are grouped

  4. Open Sheet2: Dallas is in cell C9 there too.

    Dallas also appearing in C9 on Sheet2

  5. To ungroup, right-click one of the grouped tabs and click Ungroup Sheets, or click any sheet tab that isn’t in the group.

    Right-clicking a grouped tab and choosing Ungroup Sheets

Warning: Remember to ungroup when you’re done. While sheets are grouped, every edit changes all of them.