How to Turn Off Scroll Lock in Excel

Turn-ON/Turn OFF Scroll Lock in Excel

What happened? Solution: Don't panic, relax! Because it is an issue of Scroll Lock. Let's see how to solve this problem.

Before we learn how to enable or disable scroll lock in Excel, we must learn what is scroll lock?

What is Scroll Lock in Excel?

The Scroll Lock is a setting that determines what happens when you use the Arrow Keys on your keyboard in Excel. When Scroll Lock is off (It is a default setting), the Arrow Keys allow you to navigate and select different cells within a worksheet.

In another case when Scroll Lock is enabled, the Arrow Keys will instead "scroll" through the active window. You will not be able to navigate to different cells (using the Arrow Keys of the keyboard), instead, you will only be able to change the viewing area, similar to clicking the arrows on the ScrollBars. In the picture given below, we can see the evil "Scroll Lock" is visible in the status bar of the Excel Program.

how to enable scroll lock in excel

There are times when you may want Scroll Lock enabled, though in general, most Excel users only activate this feature by accident.

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Now let's walk through the process of enabling and disabling the scroll lock.

➡ Step to Turn Off Scroll Lock in Excel:

Imagine that Scroll Lock is enabled and it is visible in the status bar.
Now we need to disable it. Right-click on the Status Bar of Excel Window.

For Windows 10:

If your keyboard doesn't have Scroll Lock Key, then Click Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard.
Click the On-Screen Keyboard yo turn it on
As the On-Screen Keyboard appears, Click the Scroll Lock (ScrLk) Button

➡ In the Pop-up Menu Scroll Lock is checked and showing On. ➡ Turn OFF Scroll Lock in Excel

After you uncheck it, the Scroll Lock would not be visible on the Status Bar as shown in the picture below.

disable scroll lock

Now Scroll Lock is disabled and the Arrow Keys allow us to navigate and select different cells within this worksheet.

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➡ Scroll Lock is still ON?

After the above processes if your Scroll Lock is still enabled, then you need to Off Scroll lock from your Key Board. In Key Board Scroll Lock is visible as "ScrLk". This key works similar to a "caps lock" key.

Press "ScrLk" key to Off Scroll Lock. Now Scroll lock is disabled from the excel sheet. Don't have "ScrLk" key in KeyBoard? Don't Worry. If you don't have "ScrLk" key on your keyboard, then you can use the on-screen keyboard from your windows by doing one of the following steps based on your windows: