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How to clear specified cell contents on open and exit in Excel workbook?

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Clear specified cell contents on workbook open and exit

Clear specified cell contents on workbook open and exit

Please do as follows to clear specified cell contents on workbook open and exit.

Firstly, you need to save the workbook which you need to clear specified cell contents on open or exit as an Excel Macro-enabled Workbook.

1. Please click File > Save As > Browse. See screenshot:

2. In the Save As dialog box, please select a folder to save the workbook, enter a new name into the File name box as you need, select Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook from the Sava as type drop-down list, and then click the Save button.

3. In the popping up Microsoft Excel dialog box, please click the OK button as below screenshot shown.

4. Open the Macro-Enabled Workbook you have saved just now, press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

5. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, double click ThisWorkbook in the left pane, and then copy below VBA code into the Code window.

VBA code 1: Clear specified cell contents on workbook open

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
'Updated by Extendoffice 20190712
    Application.EnableEvents = False
        Worksheets("test").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""
    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

VBA code 2: Clear specified cell contents on workbook exit

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
'Updated by Extendoffice 20190712
    Worksheets("test").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""
End Sub

Note: In the above codes, test, and A1:A11 is the worksheet name and cell range you will clear contents from. Please change them as you need.

6. Press the Alt + Q keys to exit the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

From now on, when opening or closing the workbook, specified cell contents in certain worksheet will be cleared automatically.

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Thank You Crystal! It works.

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Dear Friends I tried the suggested code with no effect on open>

Private Sub Workbook_Open()


Application.EnableEvents = False

Worksheets("Clienti").Range("A9:K900").Value = ""

Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub


The macro does work from within the workbook but not when the workbook opens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi TUDOSE GELU,
The code works well in my case.
Don't forget to put the code in the ThisWorkbook (Code) window, and save the workbook as an Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook.
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Can someone help me how to blankout cells of sheet (only in a row and not entire Sheet). Below code removes contents in all rows of the sheet. But I want contents to be cleared only in row9



Private Sub Workbook_Open()

'Updated by Extendoffice 20190712

Application.EnableEvents = False

Worksheets("test").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""

Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub
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Hi,
The above VBA only clear the cell value of range A1:A11. If you want to clear only the values in row 9, you can replace A1:A11 with 9:9. See the below code.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

'Updated by Extendoffice 20200522

Application.EnableEvents = False

Worksheets("test").Range("9:9").Value = ""

Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub
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Can someone help me how to blankout cells of sheet (only in a row and not entire Sheet). Below code removes contents in all rows of the sheet. But I want contents to be cleared only in row9

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

'Updated by Extendoffice 20190712

Application.EnableEvents = False

Worksheets("test").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""

Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub
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Hello, for the range how would I enter the code if I want to select multiple range or cells?
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Sanjay Sharma
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Dear sir/madam, my sheet is protected and only specified cell (for data clearing) is not protected but when i enter the value in the specified & then re-open the excel file then value is cleared by VBA code but the specified cell is protected, i have to un-protect cell by un-protecting the sheet edit the editable range again & again so please fix.
Thanks in advance
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crystal     Sanjay Sharma
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Hi Sanjay Sharma,
Sorry for the inconvinience. Please apply the below VBA codes and remember to replace the sheet name and the range to your needs. Thank you for your comment.

VBA code 1:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.EnableEvents = False
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

VBA code 2:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A11").Value = ""
End Sub
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