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How to go back to previous/last sheet with shortcut in Excel?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2020-09-09

Supposing there are dozens of worksheets in current workbook, and you want to go back to previous or last sheet to copy contents, or for other purposes. But now sheet names are congesting in the Sheet bar, and it’s hard to find out the previous sheet at a glance. So how to go back to previous/last sheet immediately with shortcut? Here are two tricks for you:


Go back to previous/last sheet with VBA

The following VBA code enables you to switch between last used sheet and current sheet in current workbook. You can do as follows:

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Double click the ThisWorkbook in the left bar, and then paste the following code into the opening window:

VBA 1: Go back to previous/last sheet

Private Sub Workbook_SheetDeactivate(ByVal Sh As Object)
LastSheet = Sh.Name
End Sub

3. Keep selecting ThisWorkbook in the left bar, and then click Insert > Module, and paste following code into the opening Module window:

VBA 2: Go back to previous/last sheet

Public LastSheet As String
Sub Select_Last()
Application.Sheets(LastSheet).Select
End Sub

You can press F5 key or click the Run button to go back to the last used worksheet at once.

If you prefer to shortcuts to switch between current sheet and last used one, please go ahead:

4. Click Developer > Macros to open the Macro dialog box.

Note: By default the Developer tab does not display in Ribbon, click to know how to show/display developer tab in Excel Ribbon.

5. In the opening Macro dialog box, click to highlight the macro of Select Last, and then click the Options button.

6. In the Shortcut key section, specify shortcut to run this macro of Select Last, and click the OK button to close dialog box.

7. Close the Macro dialog box.

From now on, when you open several worksheets successively, you can press the specified shortcut keys (in our case press the Ctrl + b) to switch between current sheet and last/previous one.


Go back to previous/last sheet by shortcut with Kutools for Excel

If you have installed Kutools for Excel, you can apply its Switch between last and current sheet utility to go back to last sheet with ease in Excel.

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Just click the  button in the Navigation Pane or press the Win + A keys simultaneously to switch between current sheet and last/previous one.

Note: After installing the Kutools for Excel, the Navigation Pane turns on by default. If you can’t find out the Navigation Pane, or the  button in the Navigation Pane, you can click the Kutools > Navigation (or View > Navigation) to activate the Navigation pane, and then click the  button in the far left of Navigation Pane.

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Demo: one click to go back to previous/last sheet


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First code in a while that doesn't work..
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Good morning sir/madam,Is there any option for change tab automatically after adding some no.s in excel without using keyboard.
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I use ctrl+{ to open the referenced formula cell which is another sheet..i want to go back to the last sheet directly (which is few sheet away from the current sheet) instead of using ctrl+pg up/down..thanks in advance.
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Hi Geebu,
In the first method of this article, you can customize the hotkeys as you need in the step 7. On the other hand, Kutools for Excel’s Navigation Pane is an easy and handy tools to return to last used sheet.
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in this section "Go back to previous/last sheet with VBA" .How can i change the shortcut key to a command button? is there any way?
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Hi Muhammad,
You can assign the VBA for a button in the Quick Access Toolbar.
1. Follow step 1-3 in the first method to add both VBA.
2. Click File > Options > Quick Access Toolbar, select Macros from Choose commands from drop-down list, select the specified macro and add it to the right section. Below screenshot may help you understand it faster.

3. Return to the Excel window, a button assigned to the specified macro is added in the Quick Access Tools.
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This tutorial is helpful, but in the section where it's showing you how to create a macro, I keep getting an error that says "Subscript out of range" in the third line. Do you know what's wrong with this script?
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I keep getting the same error, I would love for this to work!
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