Hide Rows and Columns in WPS on Android: Introduction

Hide Rows and Columns in WPS on Android helps you simplify spreadsheet views without deleting data; this guide covers 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	2	Matches the How-to Index row count
Available without membership	2	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Hide Rows and Columns in WPS on Android is a spreadsheet view-management feature for temporarily hiding selected rows or columns while keeping the underlying data in the worksheet. You can hide a row or column from the floating row and column toolbar, then restore it by selecting the adjacent rows or columns around the hidden area. This is useful when you want to focus on key figures, reduce visual clutter, or review long sheets on a smaller screen.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	Android phone or tablet
App version	The latest version of WPS Office is recommended
Network	No mandatory network connection is required for local hide or unhide actions
Other	You need to open a spreadsheet file and enter editing mode

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Office, open a spreadsheet, select a row header or column header, and confirm that the floating toolbar and More options are available

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	On Android, WPS Spreadsheet lets you select row headers or column headers, open More actions from the floating toolbar, and hide rows or columns. You can unhide them by selecting the adjacent rows or columns around the hidden area.	Excel officially documents hiding and unhiding rows and columns, including selecting adjacent rows or columns to unhide. The public help page used here is mainly desktop-oriented.	Google Sheets officially provides Android steps for hiding rows or columns by touching and holding a row or column in the mobile app.	Notion does not provide native spreadsheet-style row and column hiding. The closest official capability is showing or hiding database properties in layouts.	Adobe Acrobat does not provide native spreadsheet row or column hiding. Its closest official workflow is converting a PDF into Excel for spreadsheet editing.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: Android steps are centered on the floating row and column toolbar, which fits mobile spreadsheet editing. Distinct: hide and unhide actions both follow a focused row/column selection workflow.	Compared with WPS: the official page used here focuses more on desktop guidance, so Android-specific steps are less direct in the same help article.	Compared with WPS: Google Sheets also supports direct Android hide actions for rows and columns in its mobile app.	Compared with WPS: Notion is oriented toward database property visibility rather than cell-based spreadsheet row and column control.	Compared with WPS: Adobe focuses on PDF conversion workflows instead of direct spreadsheet row and column management.
Official Source	—	Hide or show rows or columns	Freeze, group, hide, or merge rows & columns - Android	Layouts	How to convert a PDF to Excel

Overall Conclusion
WPS provides a direct Android workflow for hiding and unhiding rows or columns from spreadsheet editing controls on the device. Google Sheets offers a similarly clear Android path, while Microsoft’s public official guidance is more desktop-focused in the page used here. Notion and Adobe address adjacent workflows rather than native spreadsheet row and column hiding.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main issue	How this feature helps
1	Hide helper columns in a summary sheet	Mobile spreadsheet users	Too many supporting columns make key data harder to read	Hide nonessential columns temporarily
2	Collapse intermediate calculation rows	Finance and operations users	Calculation rows interrupt result review	Hide selected rows and keep result areas visible
3	Simplify a sheet before presenting it	Teachers and presenters	Limited screen space makes dense sheets harder to show	Hide secondary rows or columns before sharing the view
4	Restore the full worksheet view	Users reviewing details again	Hidden content needs to be checked later	Unhide the hidden area from adjacent rows or columns
5	Clean up long worksheets faster	Users working with large sheets	Repeating the same action one row or column at a time is slow	Select multiple targets and hide them together

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation core components	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic spreadsheet editing such as hiding rows and columns	✅ Available	✅ Available
Some advanced PDF and extended tools	May be limited by feature	✅ Broader access
Cloud space and some extended services	Basic allocation	Higher allocation or more extended services

Source: WPS Office pricing page; Why do I need to pay for WPS Office?

Recommendations

Scenario	Recommended plan	Why
Everyday spreadsheet viewing and cleanup	Free	Hiding and unhiding rows or columns is part of basic spreadsheet editing
Frequent cross-document work with more PDF or cloud needs	WPS Premium	Better suited to users who need broader tools and extended services

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Source: WPS Office pricing page