Excel VBA: Delete Excel Rows Based on a Specified Condition or Criteria Delete rows by up to 4 conditions across 4 columns add-in.

Lot's of free Excel VBA . Got any Excel Questions? Excel Help Delete Rows Based on Condition One very common question is: "how can I delete rows from my Excel Worksheet base d on a specified criteria, or condition?" Below I have included the fastest 2 wa ys this can be done with the use of the AutoFilter being the fastest by far. Bot h examples are based on your data being in a contiguous range with the criteria/ condition to be looked for in the relative column of the table you specify. The first row of your table should be headings. Before running either code you should select any single cell in your table. Option Explicit Sub FastestAndMostFlexible() '''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'Written by www.ozgrid.com '''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dim rRange As Range Dim strCriteria As String Dim lCol As Long Dim rHeaderCol As Range Dim xlCalc As XlCalculation Const strTitle As String = "OZGRID CONDITIONAL ROW DELETE" On Error Resume Next Step1: 'We use Application.InputBox type 8 so user can select range Set rRange = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Select range including header ran ge" _ , Title:=strTitle & " STEP 1 of 3", Default:=ActiveCell.CurrentRegion.Ad dress, Type:=8) 'Cancelled or non valid rage If rRange Is Nothing Then Exit Sub 'Awlays use GoTo when selecting range so doesn't matter which Worksheet Application.Goto rRange.Rows(1), True Step2 'We use Application.InputBox type 1 so return a number lCol = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Please enter relative column number of evaluation column" _ , Title:=strTitle & " STEP 2 of 3", Default:=1, Type:=1) 'Cancelled If lCol = 0 Then Exit Sub Step3: 'We use default InputBox type as we want Text strCriteria = InputBox(Prompt:="Please enter a single criteria." & _ vbNewLine & "Eg >5 OR <10 OR Cat* OR *Cat OR *Cat*" _ , Title:=strTitle & " STEP 3 of 3") If strCriteria = vbNullString Then Exit Sub

'Store current Calculation then switch to manual. 'Turn off events and screen updating With Application xlCalc = .Calculation .Calculation = xlCalculationManual .EnableEvents = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With 'Remove any filters ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False With rRange 'Filter, offset(to exclude headers) and delete visible rows .AutoFilter Field:=lCol, Criteria1:=strCriteria .Offset(1, 0).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).EntireRow.Delete End With 'Remove any filters ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False 'Revert back With Application .Calculation = xlCalc .EnableEvents = True .ScreenUpdating = True End With On Error GoTo 0 End Sub

Sub DeleteRowsSecondFastest() '''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'Written by www.ozgrid.com '''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dim rTable As Range Dim rCol As Range, rCell As Range Dim lCol As Long Dim xlCalc As XlCalculation Dim vCriteria On Error Resume Next 'Determine the table range With Selection If .Cells.Count > 1 Then Set rTable = Selection Else Set rTable = .CurrentRegion On Error GoTo 0 End If End With 'Determine if table range is valid

If rTable Is Nothing Or rTable.Cells.Count = 1 Or WorksheetFunction.CountA(r Table) < 2 Then MsgBox "Could not determine you table range.", vbCritical, "Ozgrid.com" Exit Sub End If 'Get the criteria in the form of text or number. vCriteria = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Type in the criteria that matching rows should be deleted. " _ & "If the criteria is in a cell, point to the cell with your mouse pointer", _ Title:="CONDITIONAL ROW DELETION CRITERIA", Type:=1 + 2) 'Go no further if they Cancel. If vCriteria = "False" Then Exit Sub 'Get the relative column number where the criteria should be found lCol = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Type in the relative number of the colu mn where " _ & "the criteria can be found.", Title:="CONDITIONAL ROW DELETION COLUMN NUMB ER", Type:=1) 'Cancelled If lCol = 0 Then Exit Sub 'Set rCol to the column where criteria should be found Set rCol = rTable.Columns(lCol) 'Set rCell to the first data cell in rCol Set rCell = rCol.Cells(2, 1) 'Store current Calculation then switch to manual. 'Turn off events and screen updating With Application xlCalc = .Calculation .Calculation = xlCalculationManual .EnableEvents = False .ScreenUpdating = False End With

'Loop and delete as many times as vCriteria exists in rCol For lCol = 1 To WorksheetFunction.CountIf(rCol, vCriteria) Set rCell = rCol.Find(What:=vCriteria, After:=rCell, LookIn:=xlValues, _ LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False).Offset(-1, 0) rCell.Offset(1, 0).EntireRow.Delete Next lCol ` With Application .Calculation = xlCalc .EnableEvents = True .ScreenUpdating = True End With On Error GoTo 0

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