Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web
  1. Select a cell to the right of where you want to insert a new column.

  2. Go to Home and in the Cells group select Insert Cells button Insert and choose  Insert sheet columns button Insert Sheet Columns.

Tip: You can also press Ctrl+Shift+= (equal sign) and choose Entire column.

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