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How to autofill weekdays exclude weekends in a list of Google sheet? 

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-08-12

In Microsoft Excel, we can easily fill weekdays only and exclude the weekends by using AutoFill Options. But, in Google sheet, there is no feature for us to fill weekdays as quickly as in Excel. How could you deal with this task in Google sheet?

Autofill weekdays exclude weekends in a list of Google sheet


Autofill weekdays exclude weekends in a list of Google sheet

In Google sheet, you can apply the following formula to fill weekdays only as you need.

1. Please type the first date you want to start, and then enter this formula below the first date cell: =A2+IF(WEEKDAY(A2)>5,3,1), see screenshot:

Autofill weekdays exclude weekends by using formula

2. Press Enter key and then drag the fill handle down to the cells that you want to fill the weekdays, and only serial weekdays are filled into the column as following screenshot shown:

drag and fill formula to other cells


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