How to automatically merge blank cells above/left in Excel?

In this article, I am going to talking about merging blank cells above or left automatically as below screenshot shown. Actually, there is no built-in utility that can handle this task, but the macro codes can.

Merge blanks above

Merge blanks left

Merge blank cells above based on a column

Merge blank cells above (only work for single column)

Merge blank cells left

Merge blank cells above based on a column

Supposing there is a range of data in three columns, and now you want to merge the data above based on column C.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and click Insert > Module. See screenshot:

2. Then paste below code to the blank script. See screenshot:

VBA: Merge blank above based on next column

Sub MergeCells()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice2017025
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xAddress As String
    On Error Resume Next
    xAddress = Application.ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Select a range:", "KuTools For Excel", xAddress, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    For Each xCell In xRg
        If xCell.Value = "" Then
            Range(xCell, xCell.Offset(-1, 0)).Merge
        End If
    Next
End Sub

3. Press F5 key to run the code, and then a dialog pops out to remind you to select a range to work. See screenshot:

4. Click OK, then the blank cells have been merged above. See screenshot:

Merge blank cells above (only work for single column)

Here is a macro code that can merge the blank cells above in the specified column.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and click Insert > Module. See screenshot:

2. Paste below code to the script. See screenshot:

VBA: Merge blank cells above

Sub mergeblankswithabove()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20171025
    Dim I As Long
    Dim xRow As Long
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xAddress As String
    On Error Resume Next
    xAddress = Application.ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Select a range (single column):", "KuTools For Excel", xAddress, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    If xRg.Columns.Count > 1 Then
        MsgBox "Only work for single column", , "KuTools For Excel"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    xRow = xRg.Rows.Count
    Set xRg = xRg(xRow)
    For I = xRow To 1 Step -1
        Set xCell = xRg.Offset(I - xRow, 0)
        Debug.Print xCell.Address
        If xCell.Value = "" Then Range(xCell, xCell.Offset(-1, 0)).Merge
    Next
End Sub

3. Press F5 key to run the code, and a dialog pops out for you to select a column range. See screenshot:

4. Click OK. And the blank cells in the selection have been merged above.

Merge blank cells left

If you want to merge blank cells left, the following code can do you a favor.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and click Insert > Module. See screenshot:

2. Then paste below code to the blank script. See screenshot:

VBA: Merge blanks left

Sub mergeblankswithleft()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20171025
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xAddress As String
    On Error Resume Next
    xAddress = Application.ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Select a range:", "KuTools For Excel", xAddress, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    For Each xCell In xRg
        If xCell.Value = "" Then Range(xCell, xCell.Offset(0, -1)).Merge
    Next
End Sub

3. Press F5 key to run the code, and a dialog pops out for you to select a range. See screenshot:

4. Click OK. The blank cells have been merged left.

Merge blanks left

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