Hide/Unhide Option In A Protected Google Sheet Top 9 Latest Posts

Google Sheets allows you to protect certain parts of a sheet while leaving other parts open for editing. When you protect a sheet, you can choose which cells are protected and which are not. Protected cells cannot be edited or deleted by other users, but they can still be viewed.

To hide or unhide rows or columns in a protected Google sheet, you can use the following steps:

1. Open the protected Google sheet.
2. Click on the “Data” menu in the top toolbar and select “Protect sheets and ranges” from the dropdown menu.
3. In the “Protected sheets and ranges” sidebar that appears on the right, click on the protection you want to edit.
4. In the “Protect sheets and ranges” window that appears, scroll down to the “Range” section.
5. In the “Range” section, select the range of cells that you want to hide or unhide.
6. Click on the “Set permissions” button.
7. In the “Set Permissions” window that appears, click on the “Custom” option.
8. In the “Custom” window, uncheck the “Hide rows” or “Hide columns” option to unhide the cells, or check the option to hide them.
9. Click “Done” to save your changes.

After completing these steps, the selected cells will be hidden or unhidden based on the settings you chose. Please note that this only works if the cells are not already protected. If the cells are protected, you will need to remove the protection before you can hide or unhide them.

Yes, you can hide a tab in Google Sheets from certain users by protecting the sheet and limiting access to specific users or groups. Here’s how:

1. Select the sheet that you want to hide from certain users.
2. Click on the “Data” menu and select “Protect sheets and ranges”.
3. In the protection window that appears, select “Set Permissions”.
4. Under “Restrict Access”, select “Custom”.
5. Enter the email addresses or groups that you want to restrict access to in the “Enter names or email addresses” field. If you want to allow access to everyone except for certain users, select “Only myself” and then add the email addresses or groups to the “Restrict Access” section.
6. Under “Range”, select “Sheet” and then choose the sheet that you want to protect.
7. Under “Permissions”, select “Hide sheet” for the users or groups that you want to hide the sheet from.
8. Click “Set Permissions” to apply the changes.

Once you’ve set the permissions, only the users or groups that you’ve granted access to will be able to see the hidden sheet. Other users will be unable to access or see the sheet in the document.

To hide or unhide rows or columns in Google Sheets, you can follow these steps:

1. Select the rows or columns you want to hide or unhide.
2. Right-click on the selected rows or columns, and click on “Hide rows” or “Hide columns” to hide them. Alternatively, you can click on “Format” in the menu bar, then select “Hide rows” or “Hide columns”.
3. To unhide the rows or columns, select the rows or columns on either side of the hidden rows or columns.
4. Right-click on the selection and click on “Unhide rows” or “Unhide columns”. Alternatively, you can click on “Format” in the menu bar, then select “Unhide rows” or “Unhide columns”.

Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts to hide or unhide rows or columns. To hide, select the rows or columns and press “Ctrl + Alt + 9” to hide rows or “Ctrl + Alt + 0” to hide columns. To unhide, select the rows or columns on either side of the hidden rows or columns, then press “Ctrl + Shift + 9” to unhide rows or “Ctrl + Shift + 0” to unhide columns.

No, viewers cannot see hidden sheets in Google Sheets. When a sheet is hidden in Google Sheets, it is not visible in the sheet tabs at the bottom of the screen, and viewers will not be able to access or see the content of that sheet. However, it’s important to note that anyone with edit access to the document can easily unhide the sheet and make it visible to all viewers.