How to Move Multiple Cells into One in Excel?

Excel is a powerful tool that allows you to organize, manipulate, and analyze data efficiently. Sometimes, you may find it necessary to merge or consolidate multiple cells into a single cell to streamline your spreadsheet or create a more concise presentation of your data. Whether you need to combine text, numbers, or both, this tutorial will guide you through the step-by-step process of moving multiple cells into one in Excel. By the end of this tutorial, you will have the skills to merge cells effectively and enhance your Excel proficiency. Let's get started!

Move Multiple Cells into One

Here we will use the concatenate formula to complete the task. So let us see a simple process to know how you can move multiple cells into one in Excel.

Step 1

Consider an Excel sheet where the data in the sheet is similar to the below image.

First, click on an empty cell where you want to move data, in this case, cell C2, and enter the formula as =CONCATENATE(A1,",",B1,",",A2,",",B2,",",A3,",",B3,",",A4,",",B4,",",A5,",",B5) and click enter to complete the task.

Empty Cell > Formula > Enter.

Move Multiple Cells into One Using Clip Board

Here we will use the concatenate formula to complete the task.

Step 1

Another method is to use the clipboard.

First, enable the clipboard pane by clicking on the arrow mark under Home.

Home > Arrow.

Step 2

Then select the range of cells you want to copy, and then use Ctrl + C to copy the cells. Then click on the cell where you want to place the data, then click on the selected data.

Select Cells > Ctrl + C > Empty Cell > Data.

This is how you can move multiple cells into one in Excel.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have used a simple example to demonstrate how you can move multiple cells into one in Excel to highlight a particular set of data.