How to rename multiple worksheets in Excel?
Normally to rename worksheets in Excel, we can quickly double click the sheet tab, or right click on the sheet tab to choose Rename command for renaming worksheets. That’s quite handy to rename one or two worksheets in Excel, but if we want to rename multiple worksheets within one operation, how can we do?
Using Rename command to rename worksheets
Using VBA code for renaming multiple worksheets
Using a handy tool to rename multiple worksheets comfortably
Using Rename command to rename worksheets
We can quickly rename worksheets in Excel with the Rename command according to the following procedures:
Right click on the sheet tab you want to rename, and choose Rename command from the Right-click menu. Or double click on the sheet tab to rename the worksheet. Then type a new name, and then press Enter key to rename it, see screenshot:
With this Rename command, you can rename only one worksheet at a time, for the purpose of renaming multiple worksheets, please repeat the above operations.
Easily rename multiple worsheets with specified text, cell values or specific cell value in each sheet:
The Rename Multiple Worksheets utility of Kutools for Excel can help you easily rename multiple worksheets at the same time in Excel.
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Using VBA code for renaming multiple worksheets
Here I will introduce you two VBA codes to rename multiple worksheets.
1. VBA code to rename multiple worksheets by the name you want at once
Using the following VBA code, you can quickly rename all worksheets of the current workbook with the same prefix in their worksheet names, such as: KTE-order1, KTE-order 2, and KTE-order 3…
1. Click on Developer > Visual Basic, and click Insert > Module in the Microsoft Visual Basic Application Windows.
2. Please copy and paste the following code into the Module
VBA: Rename all sheets by entering a specific name
Sub ChangeWorkSheetName()
'Updateby20140624
Dim Rng As Range
Dim WorkRng As Range
On Error Resume Next
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
newName = Application.InputBox("Name", xTitleId, "", Type:=2)
For i = 1 To Application.Sheets.Count
Application.Sheets(i).Name = newName & i
Next
End Sub3. Click 
button to execute the code, and enter the name you want into the pop-out dialog.see screenshots:
4. Click OK. Then you can see all sheets are renamed.
2. VBA code to rename multiple worksheets by specific cell value in each worksheet of the active workbook
Using the following VBA code, it will rename all worksheets of current workbook by using the content of specific cell. For example, you can type the worksheet name in the A1 cell of the whole workbook, and then the worksheet will be renamed as the cell value A1.
1. Please specify a cell to contain the worksheet name in each worksheet and type the worksheet name in it. In this example, I will type the worksheet name in cell A1 in each worksheet.
2. Click Developer > Visual Basic, and click Insert > Module in the Microsoft Visual Basic Application Windows.
3. Please copy and paste the following code into the Module.
VBA: Rename worksheets by a specific cell content
Sub RenameTabs()
'Updateby20140624
For x = 1 To Sheets.Count
If Worksheets(x).Range("A1").Value <> "" Then
Sheets(x).Name = Worksheets(x).Range("A1").Value
End If
Next
End Sub
4. Click button to execute the code. All worsheets are renamed based on the cell content of A1.
Notes:
1. In the above code, A1 is the cell content which you want to rename the worksheets based on, you can change it to your need
2. If the specific cell has no content, then the worksheet of the specific cell will not be renamed.
Using a handy tool to rename multiple worksheets comfortably
The Rename Multiple Worksheets tool of Kutools for Excel is quite handy for renaming all worksheets or selected specific worksheets of current workbook.
With this tool, you can quickly rename all worksheets or selected specific worksheets by adding extra content before or after the existing worksheet name or replace the original sheet names with the new names. You can also rename all worksheets or selected worksheets by using the contents of a range cells.
1. Rename multiple worksheets with specific data by using Kutools for Excel
With this Rename Multiple Worksheets tool, you can easily rename the worksheets with a specific value which you can put it before or after the original worksheets name, also you can replace the original with the specific value. Do as follows:
1. Click Kutools Plus > Worksheet > Rename Worksheets. See screenshot:
2. Specify the settings in Rename Multiple Worksheets dialog box. See screenshot:
1. Select the worksheets you want to rename from the Worksheets list.
2. Select one type which you want to rename the worksheets under Rename Options.
3. Input the specific value into the From an input box.
3. And then click OK. You will get the following results:
2. Rename multiple worksheets with cell values by using Kutools for Excel
If you have a range of cell values, and now you need to rename the worksheet name with the cell values, this utility also can help you quickly rename multiple worksheets with the specific cell values. Please do as this:
1. Apply this utility by clicking Enterprise > Worksheet > Rename Multiple Worksheets . And in the Rename Multiple Worksheets dialog box, specify the following settings:
1. Select the worksheets you want to rename from the Worksheets list.
2. Select one type which you want to rename the worksheets under Rename Options.
3. Click 
button to select the cell values that you want to name the worksheets based on under the From specific range section.
3. And then click OK. You will get the following result:
3. Rename multiple worksheets with a specific cell value in each worksheet by using Kutools for Excel
To rename the worksheet with a specific cell value in each worksheet, Kutools for Excel's Rename Multiple Worksheets also can do you a favor, please do as follows:
1. Apply this utility by clicking Enterprise > Worksheet > Rename Multiple Worksheets . And in the Rename Multiple Worksheets dialog box, specify the following settings:
1. Select the worksheets you want to rename from the Worksheets list.
2. Select one type which you want to rename the worksheets under Rename Options.
3. Click button to select the specific cell value that you want to name the worksheets based on under the Rename worksheets with specific cell section.
2. Then click Ok button, the worksheet names have been renamed with the specific cell value in each worksheet, see screenshot:
If you want to have a free trial (30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.
Demo: Rename multiple worksheets with Kutools for Excel
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