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Only Copy Visible Cells

Assume you have hidden a few rows in a cell range. Now you want to copy, delete, or format only the remaining visible rows.

Office behaviour depends on how the cells were made invisible, by a filter or manually.

Method and Action Result
Cells were filtered by AutoFilters, standard filters or advanced filters. Copy, delete, move, or format a selection of currently visible cells. Only the visible cells of the selection are copied, deleted, moved, or formatted.
Cells were hidden using the Hide command in the context menu of the row or column headers, or through an outline. Copy, delete, move, or format a selection of currently visible cells. By default, all cells of the selection, including the hidden cells, are copied, deleted, moved, or formatted. Restrict the selection to visible rows choosing Edit - Select - Select Visible Rows Only or to visible columns choosing Edit - Select - Select Visible Columns Only.