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How to insert multiple rows in Google Sheets

Add several blank rows at once: select as many rows as you need, then insert them from the right-click menu.

Operations
5 steps 2 min Community template
1

Click the first row number

Click the number of the row where the new rows should go - here, row 3.

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Click the first row number
2

Shift-click to select more rows

Hold Shift and click another row number. Select as many rows as you want to add - here, 2.

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Shift-click to select more rows
3

Right-click the selected rows

Right-click one of the selected row numbers.

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Right-click the selected rows
4

Click Insert 2 rows above

Choose Insert 2 rows above (or below). The count matches the rows you selected.

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Click Insert 2 rows above
5

Rows inserted

Two blank rows now sit where you selected, ready for new data.

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Rows inserted

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