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How to create a hyperlink to a chart in Excel?

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In Excel, creating a hyperlink is easy for most of users, but have you ever tried to create hyperlink to a chart in Excel which means that click at a value and then link to a chart in another sheet? Generally, there is no way to directly create a hyperlink to a chart. However, in this article, I will introduce an interesting way to solve it.

Create hyperlink to a chart with Button and VBA

Remove all hyperlinks from a selection/sheet/workbook


arrow blue right bubble To create a hyperlink to a chart, we need to insert a button and then apply a macro code.

1. Select a sheet you want to place the button, and click Developer > Insert > Button. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Insert Button option under the Developer tab in Excel

Tip: If the Developer tab is hidden, you can refer to this article How to show/display developer tab in Excel 2007/2010/2013 Ribbon? to show it.

2. Drag cursor to draw a button in the sheet as you need, and then click the OK button in the popping up Assign Macro dialog. See screenshots:
A screenshot of the Assign Macro dialog box after drawing a button     A screenshot showing the button created in the Excel worksheet

3. Move the cursor over the button until the arrow cursor changes to a text input cursor, then enter the displayed text in the button as needed. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing text entered on the button in Excel

4. Right click at the button to show the context menu, and select Assign Macro. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the context menu with Assign Macro option for the button

5. Then click New in the Assign Macro dialog to display a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and paste the macro code: Sheets("Chart").Select between the codes in the script. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the VBA code window with code to link to a chart sheet

Tip: In the code, Chart is the sheet name where the linked chart is placed, you can change it as you need.

6. Save the code and close the window. Now you will link to the chart as you click at the button.


arrow blue right bubble Remove all hyperlinks from a selection/sheet/workbook

In some times, it costs much time to remove multiple hyperlinks from a selection, sheet or a workbook, however, here is a powerful tool – Kutools for Excel, with its Delete Hyperlinks utility, you can quickly handle it.

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Enable the sheet you want to remove hyperlinks, and click Kutools > Link > Remove Hyperlinks Without Losing Formatting > In Selected Range/In Active Sheet/In Selected Sheets/In All Sheets. See screenshot:
A screenshot of Kutools for Excel’s Remove Hyperlinks Without Losing Formatting options

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