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Calculate Column Sum in Google Sheets

How to use the sum function in Google Sheets

Accounting & Finance
7 steps 3 min Community template
1

Click here

Click here

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Click here
2

Press Cmd + ↑

Press Cmd + ↑

3

Press Cmd + ↓ and Select the entire column you want to sum

Press Cmd + ↓ and Select the entire column you want to sum

4

Click the Functions button

Click the Functions button in the top toolbar to open the list of available formulas.

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Click the Functions button
5

Select the SUM option

Click "SUM" from the functions dropdown menu to calculate the total of the selected cells.

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Select the SUM option
6

Press Enter

Press Enter

7

There you go - your data is summed!

There you go - your data is summed!

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There you go - your data is summed!

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