Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web
  1. Select the cells to have the drop-down, go to the Data tab and choose  Data validation button Data Validation.

  2. For Allow, choose List.

  3. For the drop-down Source, type items separate by commas, a range of cells, or a named range. For example: Yes,No,Maybe, =$A$2:$A$4, =PriceRange.

  4. Select OK.  For more info, see Create a drop-down list in Excel.

Tip: To add or remove drop-down items, see Edit a drop-down list.

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