How to delete rows based on background color in Excel?

How could you delete entire rows based on background color? In this example, I need to delete all rows which cells filled with blue background color as following screenshot shown. With this article, you will get some codes to achieve this task in Excel.

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Delete rows with specific background color based on each cell

Delete rows with specific background color based on one column

Delete rows with specific background color based on each cell

If you have a range of data which filled with some cell colors randomly, and you need to delete the rows which the cell color is blue as following screenshot shown:

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To delete this type of rows, you can use the following VBA code, please do as this:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Delete rows which cells contain specific fill color:

Sub DeleteRows()
'Updateby Extendoffice
    Dim rngCl As Range
    Dim xRows As Long
    Dim xCol As Long
    Dim colorLg As Long
    On Error Resume Next
    Set rngCl = Application.InputBox _
        (Prompt:="Select a cell with the background color to be deleted", _
        Title:="Kutools for Excel", Type:=8)
    On Error GoTo 0
    If rngCl Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "User cancelled operation." & vbCrLf & _
        "Processing terminated", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    colorLg = rngCl.Interior.Color
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        For xRows = .Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            For xCol = 1 To .Columns.Count
                           If .Cells(xRows, xCol).Interior.Color = colorLg Then
                    .Rows(xRows).Delete
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next xCol
        Next xRows
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

3. And then press F5 key to run this code, and a prompt box will pop out to remind you selecting a cell with the fill color that you want to delete, see screenshot:

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4. Then click OK, and all the rows have been deleted if the cell with a specific fill color.

Delete rows with specific background color based on one column

If you want to delete the rows with specific color based on only one column, for instance, delete the rows with blue color in column A and get the below screenshot, here is also a VBA code can do you a favor.

doc delete rows by color 4

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Delete rows based on a column which cells have specific fill color:

Sub deleterow()
'UpdateBY Extendoffice
   Dim xRg As Range, rgDel As Range
    For Each xRg In ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("A2:A21")
        If xRg.Interior.ColorIndex = 20 Then
            If rgDel Is Nothing Then
                Set rgDel = xRg
            Else
                Set rgDel = Union(rgDel, xRg)
            End If
        End If
    Next xRg
    If Not rgDel Is Nothing Then rgDel.EntireRow.Delete
End Sub

Note: In the above code, A2:A21 is the column which contain the specific fill color that you want to delete the rows based on, the number 20 in ColorIndex = 20 script is the color index that you want to delete rows based on. You can change them to your need.

3. Then press F5 key to run this code, and all rows which cells contain the blue color in column A have been deleted at once.

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