Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Deleting Worksheet Code in a Macro.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 22, 2024)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Jean-Louis would like to write a VBA procedure that deletes the code attached to a specific worksheet. He knows how to delete procedures stored in modules, but not how to do it when they are stored in the sheet.
The good news is that if you know how to delete macros within a module, you can apply the same technique to delete it within a sheet. The difference is that you would use the sheet name rather than the module name when referring to the component you want to delete.
For instance, if you are referring to code in a module in a workbook, you normally do it by referencing the module in this manner:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here:
ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("Module1")
To refer to code contained within a worksheet, you would use this syntax, instead:
ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents("Sheet1")
For other ideas about how to reference VBA code in various ways from within other macros, refer to the following page at Chip Pearson's site:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/vbe.aspx
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2020-10-10 13:03:15
J. Woolley
Sorry. The correct reference is https://excelribbon.tips.net/T007612_Deleting_VBA_Code_in_a_Copied_Worksheet.html
2020-10-10 13:01:11
J. Woolley
Also, see https://excelribbon.tips.net/T007612_Deleting_VBA_Code_in_a_Copied_Worksheet.html#comment-form-hd
2020-10-10 11:31:55
J. Woolley
This procedure will delete the code in a specific worksheet:
Sub DeleteWorksheetCode(WS As Worksheet)
With WS.Parent.VBProject.VBComponents(WS.Name).CodeModule
.DeleteLines 1, .CountOfLines
End With
End Sub
When I tested using Excel 365, it was not necessary to include a Reference to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility 5.3.
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