Numbers keyboard shortcuts
Sheets, cells, formulas, and tables in Apple's spreadsheet app on a Mac.
65 shortcuts Mac checked September 14, 2026
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18 actions and 18 key variants match.
- Numbers Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Add a row above the selected cells Table cells selected | Mac OptionUp arrow | Source |
| Add a row below the selected cells Table cells selected | Mac OptionDown arrow | Source |
| Add a column to the right of the cells Table cells selected | Mac OptionRight arrow | Source |
| Add a column to the left of the cells Table cells selected | Mac OptionLeft arrow | Source |
| Select every row the selection touches Table cells selected | Mac OptionCmdReturn | Source |
| Select every column the selection touches Table cells selected | Mac CtrlCmdReturn | Source |
| Open an empty Formula Editor Cell selected | Mac = | Source |
| Open the Formula Editor with the cell contents Cell selected | Mac Ctrl= | Source |
| Turn filters on or off Table selected | Mac OptionCmdF | Source |
| Apply the sorting rules Table selected | Mac ShiftCmdR | Source |
| Collapse the selected category groups Categories in a table | Mac Cmd8 | Source |
| Expand the selected category groups Categories in a table | Mac Cmd9 | Source |
| Jump to the first filled cell in the row Cell selected | Mac OptionCmdLeft arrow | Source |
| Jump to the last filled cell in the row Cell selected | Mac OptionCmdRight arrow | Source |
| Jump to the first filled cell in the column Cell selected | Mac OptionCmdUp arrow | Source |
| Jump to the last filled cell in the column Cell selected | Mac OptionCmdDown arrow | Source |
| Merge the selected cells Table cells selected | Mac CtrlCmdM | Source |
| Unmerge the selected cells Table cells selected | Mac CtrlShiftCmdM | Source |
About Numbers and its shortcuts
Numbers is a spreadsheet that thinks in tables on a canvas rather than one endless grid, and its keyboard reflects that: commands act on a table, a row or a cell, and there are view commands for moving around a sheet that holds several tables at once.
Numbers is Mac only here. Anyone arriving from another spreadsheet should expect genuine differences rather than renamed equivalents, because the underlying model is not the same.
Where the Numbers keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Numbers. Report a key that is wrong
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