Magic Mouse secondary click re-selects single cells in Excel

The secondary click (set as right click) on my magic mouse is re-selecting single cells in excel instead of capturing the larger selection of cells I want to reference, copy/paste, etc. It does still show the secondary click options like copy paste, but only for a single cell it's hovering over.


I tried toggling the secondary click function with no success in changing the result, the control+click does successfully "right click" the group of cells instead of re-selecting one with the right click function, and Word does not have this issue (meaning I can select multiple words and the secondary click function maintains that selection).


Co-pilot and Google have suggested the same fixes which are not working. Any thoughts?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.5

Posted on Aug 4, 2026 8:11 AM

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Magic Mouse secondary click re-selects single cells in Excel

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