How to identify and select all merged cells in Excel?

Do you know how to find and select all merged cells in Excel? Here are three cool tricky ways to identify and select all merged cells in a selection or range in Excel quickly.

Identify and select all merged cells with Find command

Quickly select and count all merged cells with Kutools for Excel

Identify all merged cells with VBA code

Identify and select all merged cells with Find command

You can identify and select all merged cells in active worksheet by Find command with following steps:

1. Click the Home > Find & Select > Find to open the Find and Replace dialog box. You can also open the Find and Replace dialog box with pressing the Ctrl + F keys.

2. Click the Format button in the dialog box, (If you can't find out the Format button, please click the Options button to expand the dialog.) see screenshot:

3. In the popping up Find Format dialog box, only check the Merge Cells option in the Text control section under Alignment tab, and click OK.

4. Now you go back to the Find and Replace dialog box, click Find All button. All merged cells are listed at the bottom of this dialog box. Select all finding results with holding down the Shift key.

Now all merged cells in active sheet are selected when you select all finding results. See screenshot:

Tips: If you want to only identify, find, and select merged cells in a selection, you need to select the range first.

Select and count all merged cells with Kutools for Excel

Kutools for Excel's Select Merged Cells tool will help you identity, find and selected all merged cells in a selection with only one click.

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

1. Select the data range that you want to select the merged cells.

2. Click Kutools > Select > Select Merged Cells, see screenshot:

3. And all the merged cells in the selection have been selected at once, and the number of the merged cells are counted as well, see screenshot:

Identify all merged cells with VBA code

VBA 1: Identify and highlight all merged cells

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module Window.

Sub FindMergedcells()
'updateby Extendoffice
Dim x As Range
For Each x In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If x.MergeCells Then
x.Interior.ColorIndex = 8
End If
Next
End Sub

3. Press the F5 key to run this macro. All merged cells in active worksheet are identified and highlighted, see screenshot:

VBA 2: Identify and list all merged cells

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module Window.

Sub ListMergedcells()
'updateby Extendoffice
Dim x As Range
Dim sMsg As String
sMsg = ""
For Each x In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If x.MergeCells Then
If sMsg = "" Then
sMsg = "Merged cells:" & vbCr
End If
sMsg = sMsg & Replace(x.Address, "$", "") & vbCr
End If
Next
If sMsg = "" Then
sMsg = "No merged cells."
End If
MsgBox sMsg
End Sub

3. Press the F5 key to run this macro, all merged cells are listed in a popping up dialog box. See screenshot:

Conclusion

Finding merged cells can be useful when cleaning worksheets, checking layouts, or preparing data for sorting, filtering, and further editing.

The Find Command is a practical built-in option for occasional checks without using add-ins or code. Kutools for Excel offers a faster way to select all merged cells in a range and immediately see how many were found. For more customized tasks, such as highlighting merged cells or listing their addresses, VBA provides greater flexibility.

Choose the method based on whether you need a quick built-in search, one-click selection and counting, or a more flexible automated solution.

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