A colleague once deleted an entire row in a spreadsheet with over 10,000 rows, thinking that only one row was selected. Unfortunately, he had selected the entire dataset, and the Default Cell Movement had shifted all rows below the deleted row, resulting in data loss that could only be recovered from a backup. Therefore, it’s crucial to exercise caution when using this feature, especially when working with large datasets., This tutorial demonstrates how to shift cells up after deleting in Excel and Google Sheets. Delete and Shift Remaining Cells Up Say you want to delete a certain data range (in this example A3:C3) and move adjacent cells up after that. First, select the cells you want to delete, then right-click., In this article we use sorting, filtering, manual deleting and find & select to delete blank cells and shift data up in Excel dataset..