How to Use Your New Drop-Down List

What is a Drop-down List and Why use it

A drop-down list is a list of items from which a user can choose an option that gets populated in a cell in a Google Sheet. As an example, here is a drop-down list of several countries. To select a specific country and fill it in the cell, the user simply has to click on that option in the list....

How to Create and Add a Drop-down List in Google Sheets with Preset Values

When you have to add a drop-down with a few options in it, then you can use this simplest and quickest method:...

How to Create and Add a Drop-down List in Google Sheets with Existing Data

Note that in the previous section, we added a few items in the drop-down. Hence, it was feasible to manually type in the options while creating the drop-down. But if you have a long list of items that you would like to add to the drop-down list, then you must follow this method:...

How to Edit or Remove a Drop-Down List in Google Sheets

If you want to edit a drop-down list in Google Sheets, simply follow these steps:...

How to Use Your New Drop-Down List

Using a drop-down list in Google Sheets is very simple. All you have to do is select an option from the drop-down and the data will be populated in the cell....

Additional Tips for Drop-down Lists in Google Sheets

Move Items in a Drop-Down List...

Assign Colours to Items in the Drop-down List

You can assign different colours to the options in the drop-down as follows:...

How to Change the Drop-down Display Style

You can change how a drop-down appears in the sheet. This is how to do it:...

Conclusion

In this post, we saw how we can add a drop-down list in Google Sheets. Drop-downs are a great tool that one must use, especially while working with a team. It not only enhances the user experience but also makes the overall task much more efficient. Google Sheets comes packed with many such great tools and thus, is a great skill to add to your profile....

FAQs

How do I create a drop-down list in Google Sheets with multiple selections? 1. Select cell and click Data >Data Validation > Add rule 2. Set the Criteria to Drop-down > Select Categories 3.Format the Options...