How to delete rows above active cell or specific text in Excel?
If there is a huge worksheet with multiple rows, and you just want to delete all rows above the active cell or a specific text, how can you handle it? You can delete the rows by selecting them and then right click to choose Delete from the context menu manually. But here, I have VBA codesto quickly delete rows above, if you are interested in it, please read the below detail.
Delete rows above with VBA codes
Delete rows above with VBA codes
Here I introduce two VBA codes for you, one deletes rows above the active (selected) cell, and the other removes rows above a specified text.
1. Select a cell which you want to delete rows above it, and press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste below code to the Module script.
VBA: Delete rows above active cell
Sub DeleteRowsAboveActive()
Range("A1:A" & ActiveCell.Row - 1).EntireRow.Delete
End Sub
3. Press F5 key, then the rows above active cell have been removed. See screenshot:
If you want to delete rows above the specified text, you can use below VBA.
VBA: Delete rows above the specified text
Sub DeleteRowsABove()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20161109
Dim fRg As Range
Set fRg = Cells.Find(What:="Total Group", LookAt:=xlWhole)
If Not fRg Is Nothing Then
If fRg.Row <> 1 Then
Range("A1", fRg.Offset(-1)).EntireRow.Delete
Else
MsgBox "Total Group is in the first row already", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
End If
Else
MsgBox "Do not find Total Group", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
End If
End Sub
Note:
1. In the code, Total Group is the text you want to find, you can change it as you need.
2. If the text you find has been in the first row already, a dialog will pop out to remind you.
3. If the specified text is not found in the sheet, a dialog will appear to notify you, as shown below.
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