How to delete same rows or ranges across multiple sheets in Excel?
This article recommend two methods of deleting same rows or ranges across multiple sheets at the same time in Excel. Please do as follows.
Delete same rows or ranges across multiple sheets with grouping all sheets
Delete same rows or ranges across multiple sheets with VBA codes
Delete same rows or ranges across multiple sheets with grouping all sheets
It is easy to group all worksheets and then delete the same rows or ranges from these worksheets at the same time.
1. Right click on any sheet tab in current workbook, then click Select All Sheets from the right-clicking menu.
2. Now all worksheets are selected, if you delete certain rows or ranges in a worksheet, the same rows or ranges in other worksheets are deleted together.
3. After deleting rows or ranges across all sheets, please right click on a sheet tab and then click Ungroup Sheets from the right-clicking menu to ungroup all worksheets.
Delete same rows or ranges across multiple sheets with VBA codes
Besides the above method, you can run the following VBA codes to delete same rows or ranges across multiple worksheet.
Delete same rows across multiple sheets
1. Press Alt + F11 keys simultaneously to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy and paste the following VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Delete same rows across multiple sheets In Excel
Sub bleh()
Dim xWs As Worksheet
Set xWs = ActiveSheet
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Select
Rows("4:5").Select
Selection.Delete
xWs.Select
End SubNote: In the VBA code, 4:5 means that the row 4 and 5 will be deleted across multiple worksheets in current workbook. You can change them to your needed row.
3. Press F5 key to run the code, then the specified rows are deleted immediately from all sheets in current workbook.
Delete same ranges across multiple sheets
For deleting same ranges across multiple sheets, you can try the below VBA code.
VBA code: Delete same range across multiple sheets
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xTxt As String
Dim xWs As Worksheet
On Error Resume Next
Set xWs = ActiveSheet
If ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Count > 1 Then
xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.AddressLocal
Else
xTxt = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.AddressLocal
End If
Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Please select the range you want to delete across multiple sheets:", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
xRg.ClearContents
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Select
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.FillAcrossSheets xRg, xlFillWithContents
xWs.Select
End SubAfter copying and pasting the VBA code into the Module, press F5 key to run the code, and in the popping up Kutools for Excel dialog box, select the range you will delete across multiple sheets, and then click the OK button.
Now the cell values in this specific range are deleted from all sheets in current workbook immediately.
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