Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 14, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Excel allows you to create all sorts of charts based on the data in a worksheet table. These charts can either be on their own sheets or they can be embedded within a regular worksheet. At some point you may have a need to delete a chart.
To delete an embedded chart, all you need to do is select it (so that handles appear around the perimeter of the chart object) and then press the Delete key.
If you need to delete a chart sheet, you do so in the same manner as when you delete a regular worksheet:
An alternative way to delete a chart sheet is to right-click on the tab for the sheet (this displays a Context menu) and then choose Delete.
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