How to delete all the blank worksheets in Excel?
If you have a workbook which has lots of worksheets, meanwhile, there are some blank worksheets in it. And now you want to delete the blank worksheets to save or archive the file. How could you search for the blank sheets from multiple worksheets and delete them automatically?
Delete all blank worksheets with VBA code
Delete all blank worksheets with Kutools for Excel
Delete all blank worksheets with VBA code
It is troublesome for you to check for the blank worksheets and remove them one by one, but with the following VBA code, you can easily delete all blank worksheets at once.
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module window.
VBA: delete all blank worksheets
Sub DeleteBlankWorksheets()
'Update 20130830
Dim Ws As Worksheet
On Error Resume Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
For Each Ws In Application.Worksheets
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Ws.UsedRange) = 0 Then
Ws.Delete
End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
3. Then press F5 key, and all the blank worksheets are deleted at once.
Delete all blank worksheets with Kutools for Excel
If you are not familiar with the VBA code, I can introduce you an easy tool- Kutools for Excel, with its Delete Blank Worksheets function, you can remove all empty worksheets with one click.
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When you have installed Kutools for Excel, please do as the following steps:
1. Click Kutools Plus > Worksheet > Delete Blank Worksheets, see screenshot:
2. And a prompt box will appear to remind you whether you want to delete all blank worksheets or not, see screenshot:
3. Then click Yes, and the blank worksheets have been deleted successfully. See screenshots:
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If you want to know more about this feature, please click Delete Blank Worksheets.
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How to delete hidden worksheets in Excel?
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