How to check if a cell contains picture in Excel?

It is easy to find and select all pictures in an active worksheet in Excel. But do you know how to check if a cell contains a picture in Excel? A method in this article can help you.

Check if a cell contains picture with VBA code

Check if a cell contains picture with VBA code

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The below VBA code can help you check if a cell contains a picture. Please do as follows.

1. Open the worksheet you need to check if picture existing in a specified cell, then press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy and paste VBA code into the Code window.

VBA code: Check if a cell contains picture in Excel

Sub CellHasPicture()
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xShape As Shape
    Dim xFlag As Boolean
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Please enter the cell address:", "KuTools For Excel", Selection.Address, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    xFlag = False
    For Each xShape In ActiveSheet.Shapes
        If xShape.TopLeftCell.Address = xRg.Address Then
            xFlag = True
        End If
    Next
    If xFlag Then
        MsgBox "Image exists!"
    Else
        MsgBox "Image does not exist"
    End If
End Sub

3. Press the F5 key to run the code. In the popping up Kutools for Excel dialog box, please enter the cell which you want to check if it contains a picture, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:

4. Then a dialog box will pop up as below screenshot shown if a picture exists or not in the specified cell.

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