Google Sheets has a built-in interactive popup calendar that will allow a user to choose a date.
If you want this date picker calendar to show up in your spreadsheet, there are a few simple ways that we can get it to appear.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to insert a date picker in Google Sheets. This will allow the spreadsheet user to select the date from the popup calendar.
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How to Insert a Date Picker
I will show two different methods for getting a date picker calendar in your spreadsheet. The first method will be using Google Sheets default settings to get one to appear, in the second we will be creating one in a blank cell.
Create a Date Picker by Adding a Date
The easiest way to get a date picker calendar to appear in your spreadsheet is just to enter a date into a cell and double click that date. The date picker is set to appear whenever a user double clicks on a date, so you can just add any date to a cell and double click it:
Date Picker in a Blank Cell
If you want a date picker to appear in a cell that is blank we can do that too.
Here is how this is done:
1. First select the cell where you want to create the date picker
2. Then in the top menu select Data>Data validation
3. Set the criteria to Date
4. In the field that says “On invalid data” make sure it is set to Reject input
5. Select Save on the bottom right corner of the data validation box
6. Now when you double click on the blank cell from step 1, the date picker calender should popup
Closing Thoughts
The date picker calendar is a very useful feature in Google Sheets that will automatically show up when you double click on a date entered into your spreadsheet, however as I have just shown, you can also create one in a blank cell by using data validation.
This is a pretty simple way to allow your users to select a date from the calender in your spreadsheet.
More Google Sheets Tutorials:
How to Insert Current Date
How to Use the ISDATE Function