Excel delete column if empty

Excel: Delete row if cell in certain column is blank?

I want to delete all of the rows that don’t contain a value in column C. How would I go about doing this?

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You can do this very quickly if the cells are truly blank using SpecialCells

Manual

• Select Column C
• Press F5 , then Special
• Check Blanks , then OK (see this step in the pic at bottom)
• Delete the rows that are now selected (e.g. right click in selection >Delete cells. >Entire row or via the ribbon (see second screenshot))

VBA

Blanks menu»>

Here’s an easy manual method

1. Apply an Auto Filter to your sheet
2. Filter on column C Blank
3. Select all visible rows
4. Delete Rows
5. Remove filter

This process can be automated with VBA if required. Try running the macro recorder to get a start

I think the easiest thing assuming you don’t have a bunch of other formulas in the other cells is to just sort everything by Column C and then delete all the rows that have a blank for column C(the sort function will put the blank values for column C at the top of the file).

• Click on the folded paper cell above cell marked «1» and to the left of cell marked «A» (to highlight all)
• Click on Data, and then sort
• Sort by Column C, and make smallest values be first
• Just highlight the rows down until you hit the first row with a value for Column C, and delete everything you highlighted

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Delete a Row if a column is Empty

i want to delete complete row in excel if the value in A column in NULL (i mean empty).

is there any simple query which can do this ?

please don’t say some filter way. 🙁 they won’t work for me 🙁 if there is any EXCEL FORMULA please help me know friends.

i want to delete the 1st and 4th row as column A rows are empty.

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1. Put a formula in cell F1: IF(A1=»»,»»,ROW())
2. Fill down the whole of column F. This should give you consecutive numbers, or blanks where column A is blank.
3. Select all of column F, Copy, then Paste special. values only. This will stop the numbers changing when you do step 4.
4. Select the whole table and sort by column F. This will put the rows you don’t want at the bottom, where you can delete, hide or ignore them.
5. Delete column F once you’re done.

• Highlight the whole area
• Choose the Home tab, Sort & Filter, Custom Sort
• Uncheck the option My data has headers
• Choose to sort by column A in ascending order
• The blanks will be at the bottom and you can delete this block

Note that this approach will not retain the original order, the following will:

• Highlight from A1 downwards, to the end of the data
• Choose the Home tab, Find & Select, Go To Special
• Select the Blanks option; this will select all blank cells in this column
• From the Home tab, Cells Group, choose to Delete Sheet Rows

If there are a lot of cells in column A then start by scrolling to the last cell; click in this cell and press Ctrl-Shift-Home to select all cells up to A1.

It can also be achieved with filtering, but a formula cannot delete rows.

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If cell is blank delete entire row [duplicate]

In Excel, I want to delete entire row if a cell is blank. This should count for A17:A1000. Running the script it returns the error:

Run-time 1004 error
Method Range of object global failed

If I replace A17:A1000 with A it deletes some rows.

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The main issue in your code is that it is counting wrong. «A17:A1000» & r does not count the rows up but appends the number r to that string. So eg if r = 500 it will result in «A17:A1000500» but not in «A17:A1500» as you might expected.

To delete all rows where column A has a blank cell you can use

This one deletes all blank lines at once and therefore is pretty fast. Also it doesn’t need to disable ScreenUpdating because it is only one action.

Or if blank and zero cells need to be deleted use

This one deletes line by line. Each delete action takes its time so it takes longer the more lines you delete. Also it might need to disable ScreenUpdating otherwise you see the line-by-line action.

An alternative way is to collect all the rows you want to delete with Union() and then delete them at once.

This is also pretty fast because you have again only one delete action. Also it doesn’t need to disable ScreenUpdating because it is one action only.

In this case it is also not necessary to loop backwards Step -1 , because it just collects the rows in the loop and deletes at once (after the loop). So looping from For iRow = 1 To LastRow would also work.

There are multiple errors in your code.

1. First of all, your procedure should have it’s scope declared. Presumably in your case Private
2. You are incorrectly defining your Range() Please look at its definition
3. Range.Value = 0 is not the same as Range = «» or better yet IsEmpty(Range)
4. Looping from beginning to end when deleting individual rows will cause complications (given their indexes [indices(?)] change) — or to better word myself — it is a valid practice, but you should know what you’re doing with the indexes. In your case it seems much easier to them them in the LIFO order.
5. Last but not least, you’re unnecessarily complicating your code with certain declarations (not an error so to say, but something to be improved upon)

With all the considered, your code should look something like this:

In general, without meaning to sound condescending, it looks like you have some learning gaps in your coding practice. I’d refer properly reading some documentation or tutorial first, before actually doing coding like this yourself.

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How to remove blank cells in Excel

by Svetlana Cheusheva, updated on March 16, 2023

The tutorial will teach you how to remove blank spaces in Excel to give your worksheets a clear and professional look.

Empty cells are not bad if you are intentionally leaving them in right places for aesthetic reasons. But blank cells in wrong places are certainly undesirable. Luckily, there is a relatively easy way to remove blanks in Excel, and in a moment you will know all the details of this technique.

How to remove blank cells in Excel

Deleting empty cells in Excel is easy. However, this method is not applicable in all situations. To keep yourself on the safe side, please be sure to make a backup copy of your worksheet and read these caveats before you do anything else.

With a backup copy stored in a save location, carry out the following steps to delete empty cells in Excel:

1. Select the range where you want to remove blanks. To quickly select all cells with data, click the upper-left cell and press Ctrl + Shift + End . This will extend the selection to the last used cell.
2. Press F5 and click Special… . Or go to the Home tab >Formats group, and click Find & Select >Go to Special:
   
3. In the Go To Special dialog box, select Blanks and click OK. This will select all the blank cells in the range.
   
4. Right-click any of the selected blanks, and choose Delete… from the context menu:
   
5. Depending on the layout of your data, choose to shift cells left or shift cells up, and click OK. In this example, we go with the first option:
   

That’s it. You have successfully removed blank spaces in your table:

• If something has gone awry, don’t panic and immediately press Ctrl + Z to get your data back.
• If you only want to highlight blank cells rather than remove, you will find a few different methods in this article: How to select and highlight blank cells in Excel.

When not to remove empty cells by selecting blanks

The Go To Special > Blanks technique works fine for a single column or row. It can also successfully eliminate empty cells in a range of independent rows or columns like in the above example. However, it could be detrimental to structured data. To prevent this from happening, please be very careful when removing blanks in your worksheets and keep in mind the following caveats:

1. Delete blank rows and columns instead of cells

If your data is organized in a table where columns and rows contain related information, deleting empty cells will mess up the data. In this case, you should only remove blank rows and blank columns. The linked tutorials explain how to do this quickly and safely.

2. Does not work for Excel tables

It is not possible to delete any individual cells in an Excel table (vs. a range), you are only allowed to remove entire table rows. Or you can convert table to range first, and then remove blank cells.

3. May damage formulas and named ranges

Excel formulas can adjust to many changes made to the referenced data. Many, but not all. In some situations, the formulas that referred to the deleted cells may get broken. So, after removing blank spaces, take a quick look at the related formulas and/or named ranges to make sure they work normally.

If you fear that removing blank cells in a column may mangle your data, leave the original column as-is and extract non-empty cells to somewhere else. This method comes in handy, when you are creating a custom list or drop-down data validation list and wish to ensure there are no blanks in it.

With the source list in A2:A11, enter the below array formula in C2, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to complete it correctly, and then copy the formula down to a few more cells. The number of cells where you copy the formula should be equal to or greater than the number of items in your list.

Formula to extract non-blank cells:

=IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$A$11, SMALL(IF(NOT(ISBLANK($A$2:$A$11)), ROW($A$1:$A$10),»»), ROW(A1))),»»)

The following screenshot shows the result:

How the formula works

Tricky at first sight, upon a closer look the formula’s logic is easy to follow. In plain English, the formula in C2 reads as follows: return the first value in the range A2:A11 if that cell is not blank. In case of an error, return an empty string («»).

For thoughtful Excel users, who are curious to know nuts and bolts of every new formula, here’s the detailed break-down:

You have the INDEX function return a value from $A$2:$A$11 based on the specified row number (not a real row number, a relative row number in the range). In a simpler scenario, we could put INDEX($A$2:$A$11, 1) in C2, and it would fetch us a value in A2. The problem is that we need to cater for 2 more things:

• Make sure A2 is not blank
• Return the 2 nd non-blank value in C3, the 3 rd non-blank value in C4, and so on.

Both these tasks are handled by the SMALL(array,k) function:

SMALL(IF(NOT(ISBLANK($A$2:$A$11)), ROW($A$1:$A$10),»»), ROW(A1))

In our case, the array argument is generated dynamically in the following way:

• NOT(ISBLANK($A$2:$A$11)) identifies which cells in the target range are not blank and returns TRUE for them, otherwise FALSE. The resulting array of TRUE and FALSE goes to the logical test of the IF function.
• IF evaluates each element of the TRUE/FALSE array and returns a corresponding number for TRUE, an empty string for FALSE:

ROW($A$1:$A$10) is only needed to return an array of numbers 1 through 10 (because there are 10 cells in our range) from which IF can pick a number for TRUE values.

As the result, we get the array <1;»»;3;»»;5;6;»»;8;»»;10>and our complex SMALL function transforms into this simple one:

As you see, the array argument contains only the numbers of non-empty cells (mind you, these are relative positions of the elements in the array, i.e. A2 is element 1, A3 is element 2, and so on).

In the k argument, we put ROW(A1) which instructs the SMALL function to return the 1’s smallest number. Due to the use of relative cell reference the row number goes up in increments of 1 as you copy the formula down. So, in C3, k will change to ROW(A2) and the formula will return the number of the 2 nd non-blank cell, and so on.

However, we do not actually need the non-empty cell numbers, we need their values. So, we move forward and nest the SMALL function into the row_num argument of INDEX forcing it to return a value from the corresponding row in the range.

As a finishing touch, we enclose the whole construction in the IFERROR function to replace errors with empty strings. Errors are inevitable because you cannot know how many non-blank cells are in the target range, therefore you copy the formula to a bigger number of cells.

Given the above, we can build this generic formula to extract values ignoring blanks:

Where «range» is the range with your original data. Please pay attention that ROW($A$1:$A$10) and ROW(A1) are constant parts and never change no matter where your data starts and how many cells it includes.

How to delete empty cells after the last cell with data

Blank cells that contain formatting or non-printable characters may cause a lot of issues in Excel. For example, you may end up having a much bigger file size larger than necessary or have a few blank pages printed. To avoid these issues, we will delete (or clear) empty rows and columns that contain formatting, spaces or unknown invisible characters.

How to locate the last used cell on the sheet

To move to the last cell on the sheet that contains either data or formatting, click on any cell and press Ctrl + End .

If the above shortcut has selected the last cell with your data, it means the remaining rows and columns are really blank and no further manipulations are needed. But if it has taken you to a visually empty cell, know that Excel does not consider that cell blank. It could be a mere space character produced by an accidental key stroke, a custom number format set for that cell, or a non-printable character imported from an external database. Whichever the reason, that cell is not empty.

Delete cells after the last cell with data

To clear all content and formatting after the last cell with data, do the following:

1. Click the heading of the first blank column to the right of your data and press Ctrl + Shift + End . This will select a range of cells between your data and the last used cell on the sheet.
2. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Clear >Clear All. Or right-click the selection and click Delete… >Entire column:
   
3. Click the heading of the first blank row below your data and press Ctrl + Shift + End .
4. Click Clear >Clear All on the Home tab or right-click the selection and choose Delete… >Entire row.
5. Press Ctrl + S to save the workbook.

Check the used range to make sure it now contains only cells with data and no blanks. If the Ctrl + End shortcut selects a blank cell again, save the workbook and close it. When you open the worksheet again, the last used cell should be the last cell with data.

Tip. Given that Microsoft Excel 2007 and higher contains over 1,000,000 rows and more than 16,000 columns, you may want to reduce the workspace size to prevent your users from unintentionally entering data into wrong cells. For this, you can simply remove empty cells from their view as explained in How to hide unused (blank) rows and columns.

That’s how you delete blank in Excel. I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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