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How to hide or display cells with zero value in selected ranges in Excel

Author Siluvia Last modified

While you may already know how to hide or display zero values for an entire worksheet in Excel, there might be instances where you only want to apply these changes to a selected range. This could be useful for focusing attention on key data points or cleaning up the presentation of your data without affecting the entire sheet. In this tutorial, we will explore how to hide zero values in a selected range, as well as how to revert them to being displayed if needed.

Hide zero values in selected cells in Excel

Display zero values in selected ranges in Excel

Hide zero values in selected cells in Excel

Step 1: Select the range where you want to hide cells with zero (0) values.

Step 2: On the "Home" tab, click "Format" in the "Cells" group, and select the "Format Cells" option. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing the Format Cells option under the Home tab in Excel

Step 3: Click the "Number" tab and select "Custom", then type "0;-0;;@" in the Type box. Click "OK". See screenshot:

A screenshot of the Format Cells dialog box with the custom format '0;-0;;@' applied

Note: If the value in one of these cells changes to a nonzero value, the format of the value will be similar to the general number format.

Display zero values in selected cells in Excel

Step 1: Select the cells containing the zero (0) values you want to display.

Step 2: On the "Home" tab, click "Format" in the "Cells" group, and select the "Format Cells" option.

Step 3: Click the "Number" tab, select "General" in the list, and click "OK". See screenshot:

A screenshot of the Format Cells dialog box with General format selected to display zero values

Notes:

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