Provided is a multi-operating switch unit for vehicles including: a housing part; a substrate; a switch shaft part; a rotary switch part; a directional switch part; and a push switch part. The directional switch part has: a directional slide part in which the position thereof can vary in the housing part due to a tilting directional operation of the switch shaft part; a directional switch that is arranged on the substrate and is operated due to the positional variation of the directional slide part; and a directional return part that returns the directional slide part and the switch shaft part. The directional return part has a return plunger; a return elastic part; and a return groove. The return plunger can be movable in the axial length direction of the switch shaft part with respect to the housing part, and the return groove is formed in the directional slide part.