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How to hide or unhide a certain shape based on specified cell value in Excel?

Author Siluvia Last modified

You can hide or unhide a specific shape in Excel based on the value of a specified cell. Follow this method to achieve it.

Hide or unhide a certain shape based on specified cell value with VBA code

Hide or unhide a certain shape based on specified cell value with VBA code

For example, you want to unhide a certain shape when entering number 1 into cell A1, or hide this shape if cell A1 is other values. Please run the following VBA code to achieve it.

1. Right click the sheet tab which contains the shape you will hide or unhide, then click View Code from the right-clicking menu.

2. Then the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window pops up. Please copy and paste the below VBA code into the Code window.

VBA code: Hide or unhide a certain shape based on specified cell value

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Target.Row = 1 And Target.Column = 1 Then _
        Me.Shapes("Oval 6").Visible = (Cells(1, 1).Value = 1)
End Sub

A screenshot showing the VBA editor with code to hide or unhide shapes based on cell values in Excel

Notes: In the code:

1) Row=1 and Column=1 indicate the specific cell which is located in row one and column one, Cells(1, 1) is the corresponding cell A1.
2) Value = 1, the number 1 is the specific value that you want to show the shape based on.
3) “Oval 6” is the name of the certain shape.

You can modify these parameters based on your requirements.

3. Press the Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

From now on, when entering number 1 into cell A1, the shape “Oval 6” will be unhidden. But if you enter other value such as number 2 into the cell A1, the shape “Oval 6” will be hidden immediately.

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