{"id":42,"date":"2026-02-05T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:25:47","slug":"how-to-copypastecut-and-delete-cells-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-copypastecut-and-delete-cells-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Copy\/Paste\/Cut and Delete Cells Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Method<\/h2>\n

RangeObject.PasteSpecial(Paste, Operation, SkipBlanks, Transpose)<\/p>\n

xlPasteColumnWidths\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Copy column widths<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Description<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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xlPasteSpecialOperationAdd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Data will be added to the target cell’s value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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xlPasteSpecialOperationDivide<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Data will divide the value in the target cell<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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xlPasteSpecialOperationMultiply<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Data will multiply with the value in the target cell<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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xlPasteSpecialOperationNone<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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-4142<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No operation performed during paste<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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xlPasteSpecialOperationSubtract<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Data will subtract from the target cell’s value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

C<\/b>opy<\/b><\/h3>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

sht.api.Range(‘C2’).Copy(sht.api.Range(‘G2’))<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2’).CurrentRegion.Copy(sht.api.Range(‘G2’))<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Special Paste options<\/b><\/h3>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Copy()<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘G2:I5’).PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteValues)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Comments <\/b><\/h3>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Copy()<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘G2:I5’).PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteComments)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Formatting<\/b><\/h3>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Copy()<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘A6:E6’).PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteFormats)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cutting cells<\/b><\/h3>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Cut(Destination=sht.api.Range(‘G2’))<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Cut(sht.api.Range(‘G2’))<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deleting cells<\/b><\/h3>\n

#xlwings<\/p>\n

#sht[‘C2′].delete(shift=’up’)<\/p>\n

#sht[‘B2:D5’].delete()<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘C2’).Delete(Shift=xw.constants.DeleteShiftDirection.xlShiftToUp)<\/p>\n

#sht.api.Range(‘B2:D5’).Delete()<\/p>\n

Sample Code<\/h2>\n\n\n
#Copying\/Pasting\/Cutting and Deleting Cells\n\nimport xlwings as xw    #Import the xlwings package\n\napp=xw.App()\nbk=app.books.open('special.xlsx')\nsht=bk.sheets.active    #Get the active worksheet\n\n#xlwings API\nsht.api.Range('C2').Copy(sht.api.Range('G2'))\n#sht.api.Range('B2').CurrentRegion.Copy(sht.api.Range('G2'))\n\n#Special Paste options\n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Copy()\n#sht.api.Range('G2:I5').PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteValues)\n\n#Comments \n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Copy()\n#sht.api.Range('G2:I5').PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteComments)\n\n#Formatting\n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Copy()\n#sht.api.Range('A6:E6').PasteSpecial(Paste=xw.constants.PasteType.xlPasteFormats)\n\n#Cutting cells\n#xlwings API\n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Cut(Destination=sht.api.Range('G2'))\n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Cut(sht.api.Range('G2'))\n\n#Deleting cells\n#xlwings\n#sht['C2'].delete(shift='up')\n#sht['B2:D5'].delete()\n\n#xlwings API\n#sht.api.Range('C2').Delete(Shift=xw.constants.DeleteShiftDirection.xlShiftToUp)\n#sht.api.Range('B2:D5').Delete()\n\n#bk.close()\n#app.kill()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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