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How to follow hyperlink to hidden sheet in Excel?

For example, I have a workbook which contains multiple worksheets, the first master sheet has hyperlinks to other sheets, and now, I hide all sheets except the first one. In this case, the hyperlinks which link to hidden sheets are not available. But, how could you make these hyperlinks work successfully? When you click one hyperlink, the linked hidden sheet will be opened at once as following screenshot shown:

doc hyperlink to hidden sheet 1

Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code

Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet and then hide it again with VBA code

Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code

The following VBA code may help you to open the hidden worksheet when clicking its relative hyperlink, please do as this:

1. Right click the sheet tab that you want to follow the hyperlink to hidden sheet, and then choose View Code from the context menu, in the popped out Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following code into the blank Module:

VBA code: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet:

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby Extendoffice
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    On Error Resume Next
    If Target.Column = 1 Then
        Sheets(Target.Value).Visible = xlSheetVisible
        Sheets(Target.Value).Select
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

doc hyperlink to hidden sheet 2

Note: In the above code, the number 1 in this If Target.Column = 1 Then script indicates the column number which contains the hyperlinks, please change it your need.

2. Then save and close this code window, now, when you click the hyperlink which link to the specific hidden sheet, the hidden sheet will be opened at once.

Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet and then hide it again with VBA code

Sometimes, you need to follow the hyperlink to open the hidden sheet, and when you go back the master sheet, you want the opened sheet to be hidden again. The below VBA code can do you a favor:

1. Right click the sheet tab that you want to follow the hyperlink to hidden sheet, and then choose View Code from the context menu, in the popped out Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following code into the blank Module:

VBA code: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet when go back hide it again:

Private Sub Worksheet_FollowHyperlink(ByVal Target As Hyperlink)
   'Updateby Extendoffice
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim strLinkSheet As String
    If InStr(Target.Parent, "!") > 0 Then
        strLinkSheet = Left(Target.Parent, InStr(1, Target.Parent, "!") - 1)
    Else
        strLinkSheet = Target.Parent
    End If
    Sheets(strLinkSheet).Visible = True
    Sheets(strLinkSheet).Select
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_Activate()
    On Error Resume Next
    Sheets(ActiveCell.Value2).Visible = False
End Sub

doc hyperlink to hidden sheet 3

2. Then save ad clos the code window, when you click the hyperlink, the linked hidden sheet will be opened immediately, but, if you go back the master sheet which contains the hyperlinks, the opened sheet will be hidden automatically again.

Note: Theses codes are only applied to the sheet names which match your hyperlink text.

Demo: Follow hyperlink to open hidden sheet with VBA code

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Regina Hardaway
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I am trying to hide a sheet that has a hyperlink. I would like to be able to click on the sheet go to the hyperlink sheet and then click back to the sheet and close the hidden sheet. I have tried your instructions but it does not work. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
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Regina Hardaway
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I have a sheet that is hidden that contains a hyperlink. I would like to be able go to the hidden sheet and have it close when I go back to the original sheet. I used the code but it does not work.
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HelzBelz
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I have used this code on two different sheets in my workbook, and in both cases it works great, except for the first hyperlink on each page. I get "Subscript out of range error" and the debugger points to the "Sheets(strLinkSheet).Visible = True" right after the "end if". Anyone else see this error? It is only on the first link on the page. (my hyperlinks are in column A, and start in row 2)
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Bumi
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[quote]I have used this code on two different sheets in my workbook, and in both cases it works great, except for the first hyperlink on each page. I get "Subscript out of range error" and the debugger points to the "Sheets(strLinkSheet).Visible = True" right after the "end if". Anyone else see this error? It is only on the first link on the page. (my hyperlinks are in column A, and start in row 2)By HelzBelz[/quote] Sheet names can't have space like "Sheet 1". I fixed my sheet names to "Sheet1" and the error stopped.
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Brad Guiso
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I'm using the code on two different sheets. It works for one of about 40 hyperlinks on one sheet and it opens two of about 10 hyperlinks one she second, the sheets on the second which do open do go back into hiding when I return to the sheet. The error I get when it will not open a sheet is Run-time error"9": script out of range and the code it points me to - Sheets(strLinkSheet).Visible = True Any ideas as to what change is needed make the code work on all of the sheets? Thank you in advance.
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DNKP
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My hyperlink "text" is number only, and it doesn't work...
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Ken
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I would like to use this code but only want it to apply to column A. I have other web address links in other cells which cause a problem when running this code.
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Hasan Kabir
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I have created many wordbook and I want to index those in one page.

N.B: My point is I want to hide all the sheets, the sheets will linked with setting picture to main page. By clicking the picture linked sheet will be shown and when I come back to the main sheet the un-hide sheet will be hidden again
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jonstr101
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Not sure if I will get a response to this one, but when I click the any of my hyperlinks I get a "reference isn't valid" error.
Everything still works, I just need to click ok to continue.
Does anyone have an idea what causes this error for this code?
Thank you,
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