Group and ungroup rows or columns (Windows-Online)

Group and ungroup rows or columns (Windows-Online)

Grouping rows or columns and expanding them when needed helps keep your spreadsheets organized. Here's how you can do it:

How to group columns/rows

  1. Select the rows/columns you wish to group.
  2. Go to Data > Group  
  3. From the drop-down, select Group columns/rows.
  4. Alternatively, you can select the rows/columns you wish to group and right-click on the row/column headers. From the contextual menu, select Group Columns/Rows.
Notes
If you group a range that already includes a grouped section, the new group will be created as a subgroup, and the existing group will become its parent.


How to ungroup columns/rows

  1. Select the grouped columns/rows you wish to ungroup.
  2. Go to Data > Ungroup 
  3. Select Ungroup Rows/Columns from the dropdown. 
Alternatively, you can
  1. Select the rows/columns you wish to group and right-click on the row/column headers. From the contextual menu, select Ungroup Columns/Rows.
  2. Go to Data > Clear Group

Managing Grouped rows/columns  

To expand or collapse a group, click on the +/- button next to it.

By right-clicking the +/- button, you can:

  1. Expand/Collapse that particular group
  2. Remove that group
  3. Expand all groups
  4. Collapse all groups
  5. Move the +/- button