Excel: How Do I Unhide One Column but Not the Others?


November 21, 2025

Excel: How Do I Unhide One Column but Not the Others?

I’ve hidden columns D:F and need to unhide only column D. Is there a way to only unhide that column? I could unhide all three columns and then re-hide the two that I don’t need to be visible, but this seems crazy.

Yes – there is a cool trick to solve this. Although column D is hidden, you can use the Go To dialog to select a cell in the hidden column D before running the Unhide Column command. Follow these steps:

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