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How to move column/row without replacing/overwriting existing data in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-09-20

When working in Excel, sometimes you may need to move a column or row to a new location in order to make it easy to read. In this article, we will introduce several methods for you.

Move column/row without replacing existing data with dragging
Move column/row without replacing existing data with cutting and pasting
Easily move column with Kutools for Excel

Move column/row without replacing existing data with dragging

An easy way for you to move column or row without replacing existing data with dragging. Please do as follows.

1. Click on the specified column heading or row number to select the entire column or row you need to move.

2. Move the cursor to the edge of selected column or row until it changes to a 4-sided arrow cursor 4-sided arrow , press and hold the Shift key then drag the selected column or row to a new location. See screenshot:

move column without overwriting existing data

Now the selected column or row is moved to a new location as above screenshot shown.

Easily move column without replacing existing data in worksheet:

The Column List pane of Kutools for Excel can help you quickly reorder columns in worksheet as the below demo shown.
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Move column/row without replacing existing data with cutting and pasting

Also, you can move column or row without replacing existing data with cutting and pasting.

1. Select the entire column or row you need to move, right click on it and select Cut in the right-clicking menu.

right click the column and select Cut

2. Select and right click a certain column or row which you want to put the cut range before it, then click Insert Cut Cells in the list. See screenshot:

right click a certain column and click Insert Cut Cells

Then the cut column or row is moved to the certain location immediately.

Easily move column with Kutools for Excel

Here i recommend you the Column List utility of Kutools for Excel, with this utility, you can view all columns in the column list pane, and move columns to new column postions by dragging and dropping.

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1. Click Kutools > Navigation to open the Kutools Pane. See screenshot:

click Navigation of ktuools

2. Then the Kutools Navigation pane is displayed on the left side of Excel, you need to:

2.1) Click the Column list button to open the Column list pane;
2.2) Select the column you want to reorder;
2.3) Click the Up or Down button to move it.

select one move type to move the column

  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.

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