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How to use button to show hide columns in Excel?

This article will show you methods of creating and using button to show and hide columns in Excel.

Use button to show hide columns with Toggle button
Use button to show hide columns with Kutools for Excel


Use button to show hide columns with Toggle button

You can create a Toggle button to show hide columns by clicking it. Please do as follows.

1. Click Developer > Insert > Toggle Button (ActiveX Control). See screenshot:

Note: If you don’t see the Developer tab on the Ribbon, please click show/display developer tab in Excel to know how to enable it.

2. Draw a Toggle button on the worksheet. Right click it, and then select View Code from the right-clicking menu. See screenshot:

3. In the opened Microsoft Visual Basic Applications window, replace all content in the code window with below VBA code.

VBA code: button to show hide columns

Private Sub ToggleButton1_Click()
Dim xAddress As String
xAddress = "F:G"
If ToggleButton1.Value Then
    Application.ActiveSheet.Columns(xAddress).Hidden = True
Else
    Application.ActiveSheet.Columns(xAddress).Hidden = False
End If
End Sub

Note: “F:G” in the code means that columns F:G will be show and hide while running the code. Please change them to your needs.

4. Press Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic Applications window.

5. Turn off the Design Mode with clicking Developer > Design Mode.

Now when you click the toggle button, the specified columns are hidden immediately.

While click it again, the columns are displayed.


Use button to show hide columns with Kutools for Excel

If there already have columns hided in your worksheet, Kutools for Excel’s Toggle to unhide / hide all hidden column(s) utility can help you to quickly show and hide them with just one click.

Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.

1. Click Kutools > Navigation.

2. Shift to the Column list pane, and then you can click the Toggle to unhide / hide all hidden column(s) button to show/hide columns in current worksheet.

  If you want to have a free trial (30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.


Use button to show hide columns with Kutools for Excel

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Hello, I hope you are well.
If you can help me... I'd appreciate it. I would like to include an image in the button, would it be possible to place it directly in this code?
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Hi Eliza,

You can add a picture to a Toggle Button using its "Picture" property. Here's how to do it:
Right click the button and select Properties, in the Properties dialog box, go to the Categoried tab, look for the "Picture" property, click the ellipsis (...) next to the "Picture" property to open the file dialog and then you can select the picture you want.
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Hi, Crystal
It doesn't work perfectly as I wanted, I had already tried... But I managed to do it another way. Thanks for the help! :)
Your content is very educational and helps many people, keep it up.
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Olá, espero que você esteja bem.
Se conseguir me ajudar.. agradeço. Gostaria de incluir uma imagem no botão, seria possível colocar diretamente nesse código?
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Hi what is the code to hide rows instead of columns
Thanks
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Hi Andy,
This VBA code can help. Please give it a try. Thank you.
You need to change the row number in the xAddress line to the rows you want to hide.
Private Sub ToggleButton1_Click()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20230915
Dim xAddress As String
xAddress = "5:10"
If ToggleButton1.Value Then
    Application.ActiveSheet.Rows(xAddress).Hidden = True
Else
    Application.ActiveSheet.Rows(xAddress).Hidden = False
End If
End Sub
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Bonjour,

Top cela fonctionne bien !!

Cependant dans mon cas de figure je masque plusieurs groupes de colonnes ( ex : un bouton 1 pour masquer les colonnes D:E et un bouton 2 pour masquer les colonnes I:K). Comment faire pour que je puisse masquer un groupe de colonnes de façon indépendante et que je ne sois pas obligé d'activer le bouton 1 afin de pouvoir activer le bouton 2 ?

Je débute merci d'avance :)
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Great written tutorial, but how do I create this button on a shared Excel sheet?
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Hi Madison Taylor Delgado,
Are your workbooks shared on OneDrive or other applications? I am not able to solve this problem yet. Sorry for that.
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Bom dia!

Eu gostaria de ajuda com um código para Control ActiveX onde eu pudesse selecionar colunas intercaladas.

Obrigado
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I tried the formula on 3 buttons. The problem is they hide and unhide according to the sequenced they are inputted in the code. Is there anyway that I can click any button that will show/hide the columns not in sequence?
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Adding to Ryan's comment, how about hiding a column based on the value of a cell? Basically making the xAdress an IF-function and not a predetermined range of columns.
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Dear Liz,

Thank you for your comment!

VBA code in this tutorial can help you hiding specified columns based on the value of a cell. Please follow the below hyperlink to know more details.
https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/2682-excel-hide-columns-based-on-dropdown-list.html
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Hi there, How would you change it to select a bunch of non-adjacent cells?
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Dear Ryan,

If you need to select a bunch of non-adjacent cells (every selected cell is interval of X cell) as below screenshot shown, please try the Select Interval Rows & Columns utility of Kutools for Excel.

You can also follow this link to know more about this feature. Thank you!
https://www.extendoffice.com/product/kutools-for-excel/excel-select-interval-rows-or-columns.html
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Dear Ryan,

About the bunch of non-adjacent cells you need to select, can you provide a screenshot to show where they locating in your worksheet?
Thank you for your comment.
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This was very helpful, thanks!
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