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How to clear specified cell contents if value of another cell changes in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-09-20

Supposing you want to clear a range of specified cell contents if the value of another cell is changed, how can you do? This post will show you a method to solve this problem.

Clear specified cell contents if value of another cell changes with VBA code

Clear specified cell contents if value of another cell changes with VBA code

As below screenshot shown, when the value in cell A2 is changed, contents in cell C1:C3 will be cleared automatically. Please do as follows.

Clear specified cell contents if value of another cell changes

1. In the worksheet you will clear cell contents based on another cell changes, right click the sheet tab and select View Code from the context menu. See screenshot:

right click the sheet tab and select View Code

2. In the opening Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, copy and paste below VBA code into the Code window.

VBA code: Clear specified cell contents if value of another cell changes

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Not Intersect(Target, Range("A2")) Is Nothing Then
        Range("C1:C3").ClearContents
    End If
End Sub

Note: In the code, B2 is the cell you will clear cell contents based on, and C1:C3 is the range you will clear contents from. Please change them as you need.

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

Then you can see contents in range C1:C3 is cleared automatically when the value in cell A2 changes as below screenshot shown.

run code to clear specified cell contents when cell changes

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