{"id":9178,"date":"2023-03-28T17:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.excel-learn.com\/?p=9178"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:55:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:55:29","slug":"vba-clearcontents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.excel-learn.com\/vba-clearcontents\/","title":{"rendered":"Delete Excel Range Values\/Formulas by VBA ClearContents"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to clear contents of Excel cells\/range using VBA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The ClearContents is an Excel function that can be used in VBA to remove values and formulas in the range<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, formatting and conditional formatting<\/a> remain intact when using the ClearContents function.<\/p>\n

An example of removing the value of A2 cell <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Following sheet is used for our examples in this tutorial:<\/p>\n

\"Excel-clearcontent-cell\"<\/p>\n

We will remove the A2 cell value by using the ClearContents function as follows:<\/p>\n

Sub clear_content_ex()\r\n\r\nRange(\"B3\").ClearContents\r\n\r\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n
Result:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\"Excel-clearcontent-cell\"<\/p>\n
Removing multiple cells' data<\/strong><\/h3>\n
We will delete data from A3 to B6 range of cells:<\/p>\n
Sub clear_content_ex()\r\n\r\n'Clear values of range of cells\r\n\r\nRange(\"A3:B6\").ClearContents\r\n\r\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n
Result:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\"Excel-remove-values\"<\/p>\n
Note<\/strong>: If you try to recover deleted value by Ctrl+Z<\/strong>, or Undo from the menu - this will not work.<\/p>\n
Clear contents from some other sheet than active<\/strong><\/h3>\n
If you want to remove values from another sheet than the active one (or just want to specify the sheet name), you can do this as follows:<\/p>\n
Sub clear_content_ex()\r\n\r\n'Clear values of another sheet than active\r\n\r\nWorksheets(\"Sheet2\").Range(\"A3:B4\").ClearContents\r\n\r\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n
How did it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Suppose, our active sheet is \u201cSheet1\u201d.<\/li>\n
  • We specified \u201cSheet2\u201d in the Worksheets object.<\/li>\n
  • This code will clear contents of the Sheet2\u2019s A3 to B4 cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Check if the formula is also removed <\/strong><\/h3>\n
    In this sheet, we used TRIM() formula in C2 to C6 cells:<\/p>\n
    \"VBA-clearcontents-form\"<\/p>\n
    You can see, we also applied formatting to the C column cells along with the Trim formula.<\/p>\n
    After executing the ClearContents function, let us see what result we get:<\/p>\n
    Sub clear_content_ex()\r\n\r\n'Clear values and formulas\r\n\r\nWorksheets(\"Sheet3\").Range(\"C2:C6\").ClearContents\r\n\r\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n
    Result:<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \"clearcontents-format\"<\/p>\n
    You can see:<\/p>\n
      \n
    • Values are gone.<\/li>\n
    • Formulas are gone.<\/li>\n
    • The formatting is still remains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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