How to delete entire columns based on header value in Excel?

In many cases, you may need to delete the entire columns based on header value in Excel. For example, you need to delete all columns which contain value “old” in the header. In this tutorial, we will show you methods of deleting entire columns based on header value in details.

Delete entire columns based on header value with VBA code
Delete entire columns based on header value with Kutools for Excel

You can delete entire columns based on header value with VBA code. Please do as follows.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys simultaneously to open the Microsoft Visual Basic Application window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic Application window, click Insert > Module. And then copy and paste below code into the Module window.

VBA code: delete entire columns based on header value

Sub DeleteSpecifcColumn()
	Set MR = Range("A1:D1")
	For Each cell In MR
		If cell.Value = "old" Then cell.EntireColumn.Delete
	Next
End Sub

Notes:

3. Press the F5 key to run the code, the entire column with a header equals to the specified text will be deleted immediately.

With Kutools for Excel’s Select Specific Cells utility, you can easily select all columns which contains the certain header value first, and then delete these selected columns at once. Please do as follows.

1. Select the range which contains the columns you need to delete, and then click Kutools > Select > Select Specific Cells. See screenshot:

2. In the Select Specific Cells dialog box, select the Entire column option in the Selection type section, and in the Specific type drop-down list, select Equals option, then type the header value in the following box. And finally click the OK button. See screenshot:

3. Click the OK button in another popping up dialog box, then the columns which contain specified header value are selected immediately.

4. Right click the column header of selected column, and then click Delete from the right-clicking menu. Then all selected columns are deleted at once.