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How to paste values to visible/filtered cells only in Excel?

In Excel, if you have filtered data or hidden some cells, and when you paste values into the filtered or hidden range, the hidden cells will be also filled with pasted values. Here I will tell you some tricks to paste values to visible cells only in Excel.

Paste values to visible cells with VBA

Paste values to visible cells with Paste to Visible Range of Kutools for Excel good idea3

In Excel, there is no other ways to solve this problem except VBA.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys simultaneously, and a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window pops.

2. Click Insert > Module, then paste below VBA code to the popping Module window.

VBA: Paste values to visible cells only.

Sub CopyFilteredCells()
	'Updateby20150203
	Dim rng1 As Range
	Dim rng2 As Range
	Dim InputRng As Range
	Dim OutRng As Range
	xTitleId     = "KutoolsforExcel"
	Set InputRng = Application.Selection
	Set InputRng = Application.InputBox("Copy Range :", xTitleId, InputRng.Address, Type: = 8)
	Set OutRng   = Application.InputBox("Paste Range:", xTitleId, Type: = 8)
	For Each rng1 In InputRng
		rng1.Copy
		For Each rng2 In OutRng
			If rng2.EntireRow.RowHeight > 0 Then
				rng2.PasteSpecial
				Set OutRng = rng2.Offset(1).Resize(OutRng.Rows.Count)
				Exit For
			End If
		Next
	Next
	Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub

3. Click F5 key or the Run button, then a dialog is popping out for you to select values to copy. See screenshot:
doc-paste-to-visible-cell-1

4. After selecting values, click OK, then another dialog pops out to select a range to paste the selected data. See screenshot:
doc-paste-to-visible-cell-2

5. Click OK. You can see only the visible cells are pasted the selected values.

Actually, if you use Paste to Visible Range utility of Kutools for Excel – a handy Excel tool, you can quickly and easily solve the problem of pasting values to visible range.
doc paste visible cell 6

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:（Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

1. Select a range of values you want to copy and paste, then click Kutools > Range > Paste to Visible Range > All or Only Paste Values. See screenshot:
doc paste visible cell 7

2. Then a Paste to Visible Range dialog pops out, and select the range you want to paste the values. See screenshot:
doc paste visible cell 8

3. Click OK. Now the selected values are pasted into the visible range only.

Paste only values to visible cells Paste all to visible cells
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Note: This utility both work on hidden and filtered rows or columns

Click here for more detail information about Paste to Visible Range utility.

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valentin
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love u man!!!!!!!!!!
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Menzi
Menzi
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Tried this plugin for the paste into filtered selection. Does not work for me. Crashes every time . Using excel 2013.
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G
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I am curious if an Excel update has caused instability. I previously was able to use the VBA code successfully, but now it is causing the copied area to be pasted nonstop beyond the selected range. Results in Excel hanging.
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Aida Isabel
Aida Isabel
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Paste to visible range function does not work!
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edwin
edwin
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Thanks for this information, helps me a lot
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christine harrison
christine harrison
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Badass, that's all I have to say. Thank you so much.
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ZUHDI
ZUHDI
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GOD!! you help me so much
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Bill
Bill
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This works for me, but is there any way to select a "Paste Range" in another worksheet that is open? Thanks.
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Mikhail
Mikhail
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You rock! I've had this issue multiple times in the past but it became a back-breaker for the recent project. And you've helped me to fix it beautifully. THANK YOU!
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Leo
Leo
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This works great up to record 1163 of 23,000 and then it stops. Why would it stop?
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Shamna
Shamna
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i am currently developing a macro. In that i need to do filter for a particular column for Eg: Column D and need to paste some values Eg: Valid in column B. only i need to paste the value for the filtered cells. And also i want to know the coding for multiple filters at a time. EG: filtering in one column and checking the value and again do filter in another column without making false for the previous filter. help me on this.
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Tomi
Tomi
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This was very helpful. Many thanks.
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Radosław Hagno
Radosław Hagno
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It is even more flexible and functional if the inner loop is constructed with Do While loop.
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Mark
Mark
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VBA method did not work! It copied the invisible cells into the visible cells. Now, I realize that the title doesn't say "How to paste values FROM VISIBLE/FILTERED CELLS to visible/filtered cells only in Excel?" but if my workbook is filtered, it's highly possible that this is what is needed. If this is what you want - copy from one section to another (or to simply paste values from certain cells right back to the same cells, so to remove the fomulas) you first need to copy/paste values to an unfiltered workbook/worksheet. THEN you can use the macro...or at least I hope you can. I didn't save my data and UNDO does not work....
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Sunny
Sunny     Mark
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I am sorry for that.
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C&P     Sunny
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So is there any update version for this situation?
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Christine
Christine
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You can also easily do this without a plugin....
CTRL+C the cells you want to paste
Highlight the filtered/partially hidden range you're pasting to
CTRL+G
Select "Special"
Select "Visible Cells Only" & hit OK
CTRL+V
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Sunny
Sunny     Christine
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Thansk for you reply, but it does not work. With your method, it paste all cells including hidden ones with the copied values.
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Rachel
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This worked perfectly, thanks!
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Laurel
Laurel
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After going absolutely crazy trying to find a solution, this worked - specifically, the macro for pasting INTO visible only cells. Note that I was copying only from unfiltered cells. However, the people complaining that it doesn't do both (which I'm not sure is true) should be quiet because it's pretty easy to copy FROM only visible/filtered cells into an unfiltered area. You don't need a macro for that (and if you're trying to do both, just do the copying of filtered cells in Excel first, then use this macro). Again, what Excel is fully unable to do on its own without a macro is to paste to visible cells only. This macro saved my bum. Thanks!
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Sunny     Laurel
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Thanks for your recognition.
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