These instructions apply to Excel 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and Excel for Microsoft 365.

The new location can be on the same or different worksheet or even in a completely different workbook.

As in all Microsoft programs, there is more than one way of accomplishing a task.

Excel’s right-click context menu with Copy selected.

Moving Data in Microsoft Excel

There is no move command in Excel.

To move data, you better cut and paste it from one location to the new one.

The new location can be in the same or different worksheet or even in a completely different workbook.

Excel’s copy function highlighted in the ribbon.

Excel’s right-click context menu with Cut selected.

Excel’s cut function highlighted in the ribbon.