Google Sheets · Freeze the top rows
View
Windows · Linux
Not on this systemMac
Not on this systemBoth systems use the same combination.
Pins the header rows in place; Sheets ships no default combination at all, so you use Freeze in the View menu or drag the thick grey bar above the row numbers.
- Group
- View
- Keys held
- 0
It runs inside the browser, so combinations the browser claims first — Ctrl+W, for one — never reach the sheet. That is why so many Sheets shortcuts use Alt/Option.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Freeze the top rows in Google Sheets?
Pins the header rows in place; Sheets ships no default combination at all, so you use Freeze in the View menu or drag the thick grey bar above the row numbers. It is — on Windows and — on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, — on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
0 pressed together. The combination sits under View in Google Sheets.