Quickly Swap Two Cells in Excel

Last Updated: October 29, 2023
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- Written by Puneet

In Excel, there is a simple and quick way to swap two cells with each other. Let’s if you have a value in cell A2 and a value in cell B2, with swapping you can interchange the cells from A2 to B2 and B2 to A2.

In this tutorial, we will look at a quick trick to change two cells with each other.

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Steps to Swap Cells in Excel

  1. First, you need to select cell A2.
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  2. Now, press and hold the Shift Key from your keyboard.
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  3. Next, hover your mouse cursor on the border of cell A2.
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  4. After that, click your mouse and drag the cell in between cells B2 and C2.
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  5. In the end, drop the cell there to swap the cells with each other.
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