How to remove empty sheets from an Excel workbook

Suppose you have a large workbook with multiple sheets, but there are some empty sheets without any content in it. To make the workbook more professional and formal, you want to remove these blank sheets from the workbook. Instead of removing the empty sheets one by one, this guide introduces methods to remove all blank sheets quickly.

Remove all blank sheets using VBA

Remove all blank sheets using Kutools for Excel

Remove all blank sheets using VBA

Here I introduce a VBA to help you quickly remove all blank sheets from an opened workbook.

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

2. Click Insert > Module, paste the VBA code below into the newly opened Module window.

VBA: Remove empty sheets.

Sub DeletEmptySheets()
'UpdatebyKutoolsforExcel20151130
    Dim xWs As Worksheet
    Dim xAlert As Boolean
    Dim xCount As Long
    xAlert = Application.DisplayAlerts
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    If MsgBox("Are you sure to remove all empty sheets?", vbYesNo, "Kutools for Excel") = vbNo Then Exit Sub
    For Each xWs In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
        If (Application.CountA(xWs.Cells) = 0) And _
           (xWs.Shapes.Count = 0) Then
            xWs.Delete
            xCount = xCount + 1
        End If
    Next
    MsgBox "You have removed " & xCount & " empty sheet(s)", , "Kutools for Excel"
    Application.DisplayAlerts = xAlert
End Sub

3. Press the F5 key or click the Run button to execute the VBA. A dialog will appear asking whether to remove the empty sheets. Click Yes to proceed or No to cancel the operation.

4. After clicking Yes, a dialog will appear showing the number of removed sheets. Click OK to close it, and all the empty sheets will be removed.

Remove all blank sheets using Kutools for Excel

For Excel beginners, using VBA can be a somewhat difficult method to execute. But with Kutools for Excel’s Delete Blank Worksheets function, you can quickly remove all empty sheets from a workbook with three mouse-clicks!

1. Enable the workbook you want to remove its empty sheets, and click Kutools Plus > Worksheet > Delete Blank Worksheets. See screenshot:

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