How to delete hidden worksheets in Excel?

Do you have a workbook cluttered with hidden worksheets that are no longer useful and consume valuable space? Removing these unnecessary sheets can streamline your workbook. This guide will show you how to quickly and effectively delete all the hidden worksheets in Excel, helping you clean up and organize your data.

Delete hidden worksheets with VBA code

Delete hidden worksheets with Kutools for Excel

Delete hidden worksheets with the Inspect Document function

Delete hidden worksheets with VBA code

The following VBA code will delete all hidden worksheets within a workbook.

1. Open the workbook from which you want to delete hidden worksheets.

2. Click "Developer" > "Visual Basic" and a new "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window" will be displayed, click "Insert" > "Module", then copy and paste the following code into the Module:

Sub deletehidden()
'Updated by Extendoffice 2024/07/23
Dim a As Integer
a = 1
While a <= worksheets="" count="" span="">
If Not Worksheets(a).Visible Then
Worksheets(a).Delete
Else
a = a + 1
End If
Wend
End Sub

3. Click the  button to execute the code, and a warning window will pop out for each hidden worksheet to make sure that you want to delete it. See screenshot:

4. Then click Delete. All hidden worksheets will now be deleted.

Delete hidden worksheets with Kutools for Excel

If you want to delete the hidden worksheets quickly, you can use Kutools for Excel.

After installing Kutools for Excel, you can do as follows:

1. Go to the ribbon, and click "Kutools Plus" > "Worksheet" > "Delete All Hidden Sheets", see screenshot:

2. Then a prompt box pops out to remind you if you want to delete all hidden worksheets. See screenshot:

3. Click Yes, and another prompt box will appear to remind you how many hidden worksheets have been deleted. See screenshot:

4. Click OK to finish this task.

Delete hidden worksheets with the Inspect Document function

You can use Excel's Inspect Document function to quickly and easily delete hidden worksheets.

1. Click "File" > "Info" > "Check for Issues" > "Inspect Document", see screenshot:

2. In the "Document Inspector" dialog box, click "Inspect" button.

3. The hidden worksheets will be identified during the inspection. Click the "Remove All" button to delete them from the active workbook.

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