Did you ever need to hide some rows in a spreadsheet? Maybe you don’t want to share specific content with others, or your content is large enough to handle. That’s why you need to hide some rows in the spreadsheet. Well, it is not tricky to do so, but for some people, the problem appears when they don’t know how to unhide rows in Google sheets.

To unhide rows in Google sheets is also not rocket science, just a few rightfully steps can produce desired results. Undoubtedly, spreadsheets are wonderfully effective that can help you in viewing displaying, and scrutinizing data in multiple ways. For the time being, you can surely hide and unhide rows in Google sheets. Hiding rows is not permanent; you can get them back by following some easy steps.

How Do You Check If there are Hidden Rows?

Sometimes, while searching for specific rows in Google Sheets, it could be possible that you are unable to find them. When you are failing in search of finding some rows that, you once hide; you must be worried about losing data.

In the first place, you must have to ensure whether the rows are hidden or you accidentally delete them. In another case, when you don’t know about the spreadsheet data sent from your client. You must check if there are hidden rows present in the sheet or not. To confirm the presence of hidden rows, you have to follow the steps given below:

In the top left corner of the page, hit the gray rectangle and the entire page will be selected.

Now, right-click anywhere on the page. In the menu, you will see the “Unhide rows” option if there are hidden rows present in the sheet. If you don’t see such an option, it clearly shows there are no hidden rows. 

Well, clicking on the “Unhide rows” option will not unhide them. This option just ensures the existence of hidden rows. To unhide rows in Google sheets, we have some other ways to follow.

4 Tricks to Unhide Rows in Google Sheets

1. Unhide Rows Using the Arrows
2. Unhide Rows By Selecting Unhide Rows
3. Unhide Rows By Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + 9
4. Unhide Rows By Filters

Method 1: Unhide Rows Using the Arrows

In the first step, go to the Google sheet that has hidden rows and you want to unhide them.

The next step is clicking on the arrows. In the row heading, you will see a couple of up and down arrows below and above the hidden rows. To unhide the hidden rows, click on any row from up or down.

For instance, you will see hidden rows appear while clicking any of the highlighted arrows.

Method 2: Unhide Rows By Selecting Unhide Rows

Open a new sheet or go to the existing sheet with hidden rows.

Next, you will need to choose the rows with data. For this, you have to drag the cursor from the row heading and choose all the rows having data.

Now, on the selected row heading, right-click somewhere and choose Unhide rows option from the menu. Once you do it, all the hidden rows will appear instantly.

Method 3: Unhide Rows By Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + 9

Similar to the earlier methods, open a new sheet or go to the existing sheet with hidden rows. Drag your cursor and choose the row headers.

Now, simply press down the shortcut keys CTRL + SHIFT + 9. Once the operation is done, you will see all the hidden rows get back into the sheet.

Method 4: Unhide Rows By Filters

Filters could be a reason when you don’t see some data in the sheet. Sometimes, rows get hidden because of filters. Sheets don’t indicate anything about hidden data as in the option of Unhide rows or arrows in row heading. You can check out the hidden rows’ presence by looking at row headings for any missing row numbers other than arrows.

In this case, you can see rows 2 and 4 are missing without any arrows that clearly show these rows are hidden by filters. You simply have to disable the filter view so that all the hidden data come up in the sheet once again.

For this, click on the Remove Filter icon to disable all the filters applied to the sheet. Once done, you will now see all the filtered and unfiltered rows.

On the other hand, you can even click on Data and choose the Remove filter option. Doing this will also remove all the filters applied on the sheet and all the rows will appear once again.

How to Turn Off Filters

If filters trouble you again and again, you can turn them off by following some easy steps. If you are sure about the reason behind hidden rows is the application of filters and you don’t want them to be there, you can remove them to get your hidden rows back.

Here is how to unhide rows in Google sheets by removing filters:

From the menu bar, click on the Data option

Hit the option that says “Turn off filter”.

By turning off the filter, all the filters will be removed from the sheet and you will be able to see all the hidden rows in the sheet.

On the other hand, from the toolbar, by simply clicking on the “Turn off filter” icon you can directly turn off the filters.

To Sum Up

Here in this article, you have got to know how to unhide rows in Google sheets using 4 different methods. Each method has its significance and you can follow any method to unhide rows. Hidden rows can definitely put you in real trouble if unfound. Losing data can be a real pain that nobody can understand. That’s why we always come up with effective hacks that can help you in real-time situations. Keep practicing and continue sharing the information with others.