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How to delete all the blank worksheets in Excel?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

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


arrow blue right bubble 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.


arrow blue right bubble 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.

Kutools for Excel includes more than 300 handy Excel tools. Free to try with no limitation in 30 days. Get it Now.

When you have installed Kutools for Excel, please do as the following steps:

1. Click Kutools Plus > Worksheet > Delete Blank Worksheets, see screenshot:

delete blank sheets kutools

2. And a prompt box will appear to remind you whether you want to delete all blank worksheets or not, see screenshot:

delete blank sheets kutools dialog

3. Then click Yes, and the blank worksheets have been deleted successfully. See screenshots:

delete blank sheets kutools result 1
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delete blank sheets kutools result 2

If you want to know more about this feature, please click Delete Blank Worksheets.


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