Delete a VBA macro module from Excel with this macro. This macro allows you to fully remove a macro module from Excel. This is great when you need to quickly clean up your macros, vba, or just leftover modules in Excel. You do need to be careful not to delete a module that contains important code.
This is a great macro and is very powerful.
To use this macro, you need to do two things. First, replace Module1 with the name of the actual module which you want to delete. If you wanted, you could include this in a loop in order to delete all modules from the workbook in Excel. Second, you need to enable access to the vba project object model - > In previous versions of Excel go to Tools > Macro > Security - Trusted Publishers check the box next to "Trust access to Visual Basic Editor". In Excel 2007 go to Office Button > Excel Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Macro Setting and check the box next to "Trust access to the VBA project object model".
Where to install the macro: Module
Excel Macro to Delete a VBA Module From Excel
Sub Delete_Module()
Dim vbCom As Object
Set vbCom = Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents
Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.
Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.
Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.
Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.
For Excel Versions Prior to Excel 2007 Go to Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor
For Excel 2007 Go to Office Button > Excel Options > Popular > Click Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Then go to the Developer tab on the ribbon menu and on the far left Click Visual Basic
On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.
If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
Go to the menu at the top of the window and click Insert > Module
Another window should have opened within the Visual Basic Editor's window. Within this new window, paste the macro code. Make sure to paste the code underneath the last line of anything else that is in the window.
Go to Step 8.
If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
Then, at the bottom of the list that appears, double-click the ThisWorkbook text.
A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
Go to Step 8.
If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
Within the list that appears you will see every worksheet that is in that excel file. They will be listed as such: Sheet1(NAME OF SHEET HERE) and under that will be Sheet2(NAME OF SHEET HERE). Select the sheet in which you want the macro to run and double-click that sheet.
A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
Repeat steps b and c for every sheet you want the macro to work in. Putting the macro in one sheet will not enable it for any other sheets in the workbook.
Go to Step 8.
Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.
You are now ready to run the macro.
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